The spat comes just over three weeks before the Highway Trust Fund runs dry and as lawmakers prepare what is likely to be their 34th short-term extension of road funding in recent years.

http://thehill.com/policy/finance/247284-highway-dilemma-ignites-new-tax-fight

Infrastructure is a bipartisan problem that needs a bipartisan solution. They aren’t Republican potholes. They aren’t Democrat potholes. They’re just potholes. They aren’t conservative collapsing bridges. They aren’t liberal collapsing bridges. They’re just collapsing bridges.
It’s time for a long-term bipartisan solution to the Highway Trust Fund. #NoMoreShortTermFixes