Boehner says will ditch stalled House transport bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, struggling to gain Republican support for a $260 billion transportation bill, said on Thursday he intended to pursue a less ambitious version under consideration by the Democratic-controlled Senate instead. A day after imploring House Republicans to end their deep divisions over the five-year measure to rebuild roads, bridges and railways, Boehner moved a step closer to giving up on the troubled House bill altogether. “The current plan is to see what the Senate can produce and to bring their bill up,” Boehner told reporters. . . .
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