While some in the Senate continue to press for action on a highway bill this year, the conventional wisdom is that Congress will postpone the issue. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., is a staunch advocate for passing a bill in the next two months. "The longer we wait to find a long-term funding solution for our critical infrastructure, the worse it will be," Boxer wrote in an October 9 letter to Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. Boxer and others are pushing for a decision before the new Congress takes office next year. Camp, whose leadership is critical to any action on highway funding, is retiring from Congress at the end of this year. If Congress does not act in 2014, the funding decision will be postponed at least until next May, when the current Highway Trust Fund short-term patch expires.
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机译：尽管参议院中的一些人今年继续敦促就高速公路法案采取行动，但通常的看法是，国会将推迟该问题。加利福尼亚州参议员巴巴拉·拳击手（Barbara Boxer）坚决主张在未来两个月内通过一项法案。 Boxer在10月9日写给众议院Ways and Means主席R-Mich。众议员Dave Camp的信中说：“我们等待为关键基础设施找到长期资金解决方案的时间越长，情况就越糟。”委员会。拳击手和其他人正在努力在明年的新国会上任之前做出决定。坎普（Camp）的领导层对采取任何高速公路资金行动至关重要，他将于今年年底从国会退休。如果国会在2014年不采取行动，则资金决定将至少推迟到明年5月，即当前的公路信托基金短期补丁到期。
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