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Washington, D.C.-Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), the recently installed chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, set Memorial Day as the goal for getting the next transportation reauthorization bill out of his committee. Carper also laid out a list of principles for that measure such as corning up with a way to pay for it without adding to the national debt. He specifically mentioned a user-pay feature and a Vehicle Miles Traveled approach, conceding it would require several "bridge" funding mechanisms for that to work. Funding such bills clearly remains a major challenge for Congress. Both Carper and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), the panel's ranking member, recalled the bill the committee passed unanimously last Congress only to see it fail to get a Senate vote. |