- Congress is in the process of approving a continuing resolution (CR) for FY 2013 that would fund federal government programs for six months at the same level as FY 2012 with a slight increase of 0.612%
- Limiting new funds to that level would knock out increases written into the MAP-21 ground transportation act, however. And a quirk in wording in both pieces of legislation would keep transportation from getting even the minimum increase in the continuing resolution.
- Associated General Contractors said it expects the the problem to continue for six months of the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.
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[Congress] is expected to approve a continuing resolution (CR) for FY 2013 ... that would fund federal government programs for six months at the same level as FY 2012 with a slight increase of .612%. ...