"The Obama administration is sending a six year, $478 billion highway bill to Congress with lawmakers struggling to beat a May 31 deadline to renew federal infrastructure spending.

The measure is an update of the Grow America Act, a transportation bill the Obama administration previously sent to Congress. Lawmakers, though, largely ignored that proposal, instead opting for a temporary extension of highway spending that is set to expire in the spring.  

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx pitched the bill as a solution to a transportation funding problem that has bedeviled lawmakers for several years."

Keith Laing reports for The Hill March 30, 2015. [2]