{"id":36788,"date":"2013-11-21T10:02:01","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T15:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smart-union.dev\/news\/critical-pa-transportation-bill-rejected\/"},"modified":"2013-11-21T10:02:01","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T15:02:01","slug":"critical-pa-transportation-bill-rejected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/critical-pa-transportation-bill-rejected\/","title":{"rendered":"Critical Pa. transportation bill rejected","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
HARRISBURG, Pa. \u2013 The Pennsylvania state House delivered a body blow Nov. 18 to hopes for a major transportation spending proposal in a test vote that raised doubts about whether any roads bill will pass this year.<\/p>\n
The House voted 98-103 against a proposal to raise gasoline taxes and a host of motorists\u2019 fees to spend billions on roads, bridges and mass transit systems.<\/p>\n
The divided Republican majority produced just 59 votes and was only able to persuade 39 Democrats to join them \u2014 many from cities heavily served by mass transit. A reconsideration vote lost by an even wider margin.<\/p>\n
Read more at Daily Times News<\/a>.<\/p>\n