House appropriators on Tuesday advanced a transportation spending bill, after beating back a Democratic amendment that would have stripped controversial trucking policy riders from the measure.
The House Appropriations Committee endorsed the fiscal 2017 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development spending bill by voice vote, sending the legislation to the floor.
The legislation would provide $58.2 billion in discretionary funding for the Department of Transportation (DOT), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and other related agencies.