The failure of the Highway Trust Fund, and the federal role in funding highway infrastructure, is the most critical crisis the transportation industry faces, according to James Burnley IV, ormer U.S. Secretary of Transportation. The current authorization expires at the end of March 2012. And, if the debate over the Blunt Amendment (a controversial amendment that would have allowed any employer to refuse to cover any kind of health care service by citing "moral reasons") is any indication, the transportation bill (S.1813) will resolve into a short-term patch, not a comprehensive solution.
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