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b"The current federal transportation reauthorization bill, SAFTEA-LU, was signed into law in 2005 and expired in 2009. Since it expired, it has been continued more than 10 times at a cost of billions of dollars to keep money flowing for federal-aid and federally funded transportation projects across the nation. But a new bill is finally in the works. Sponsored by House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman John Mica of Florida, the bill, entitled 'A New Direction', is moving forward on a foundation of back to basics. For some insight into the draft bill, I spoke with a member of the T&I committee, Freshman Congressman Blake Farenthold of the Texas 27th."