Obama to push road and bridge repair [View all]

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Source: McClatchy

With a trust fund for highway repair about to sputter out, President Obama will spend the week pushing for increased investment in infrastructure, the White House said.

Obama, who has used his executive authority to speed up permitting for priority projects, will announce futher executive actions on infrastructure this week, the White House said.

Congress this week will consider a way to avoid a lapse in funding of the Highway Trust Fund, which is now scheduled to go insolvent as early as August, and the White House said Obama "will continue to urge Republican lawmakers to not block it."

House and Senate committees last week approved plans to shore up the foundering highway trust fund through next May, though several business groups have told lawmakers they want a longer-term solution by the end of this year.

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