Congress approves new highway funding/student loan bill
7/1/12
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from CNN
6/29/12
Congress gave final approval Friday to a giant transportation funding bill as part of a package that includes a measure holding down interest rates on federal student loans.
Both issues are priorities of President Barack Obama’s, and the legislation demonstrated rare bipartisan agreement in the deeply divided Congress.
The package won Senate approval with a 74-19 vote after passing the House 373-52. It now goes to Obama to be signed into law.
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