House GOP punts vote on transportation funding amid Amtrak concerns

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House GOP punts vote on transportation funding amid Amtrak concerns

BY ARIS FOLLEY 11/02/23 07:37 PM ET

House Republicans are punting plans to vote on a housing and transportation government funding bill this week amid concerns from members over costs and Amtrak.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said earlier Thursday that the House would bring up the legislation — which lays out full-year funding for the departments of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies — this week.

But those plans were scrapped hours later Thursday afternoon, shortly after Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), who heads the spending subcommittee that crafted the bill, expressed doubts to The Hill about its chances of passage this week.

Asked whether he was confident of it happening, Cole told The Hill on Thursday, “Not yet. We’re still working on it.”

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