The Senate has yet to officially draft its version of a new highway bill, and by the looks of things it could be a shortened version.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said on April 14 that Congress may have to consider passing a two-year bill due to the steady decline in gas-tax revenues.
The move would either keep highway funding at current levels (about $42 billion) or it could lead to cuts. Whatever the outcome, Baucus warned that without action federal funding to states would decline to $28 billion annually.