Bustos, Durbin, Kirk, Davis Bipartisan Bill to Improve Illinois Locks & Dams Advances, Moves to House Floor for Vote

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    By Illinois RealEstateRama -

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – September 25, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — Today, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (D-IL-17), Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Congressman Rodney Davis (RIL-13) announced that a key provision of their bipartisan and bicameral legislation to help speed up repairs and upgrades to the aging locks and dams on the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers overwhelmingly passed the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure with bipartisan support. The provision was included in the Water Resources Reform & Development Act (WRRDA), which will now go to the House floor for a vote by the full chamber

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