41.   Republicans blocked consideration of scores of Democratic amendments, including one by Rep. Ron Coleman, D-Texas, to cut funding for highway demonstration projects.

42.   Road builders favor the short-term extension because they believe chances of winning approval of more highway projects will be greater in the election year.

43.   Shuster said that all the money to pay for the highway projects would come from the gas tax that Americans pay at the pump.

44.   The bulk is split between state highway projects and local streets with some for projects of regional benefit.

45.   The bankruptcy could also stall a huge highway project including three toll roads that are projected as vital links between economically important areas of this growing county.

46.   The Guangzhou to Zhuhai road is the latest in a series of Hopewell-led highway projects in southern China.

47.   The highway project includes the creation of a fiber-optic telecommunications network and the launch of two communications satellites, one of which went up in July.

48.   The legislation governs federal outlays on highway projects, the Coast Guard, Amtrak, mass transit and the Federal Aviation Administration.

49.   The president has vowed to veto that bill, contending that it is also a vehicle for pork-barrel highway projects for Republican lawmakers.