More than half the House has signed on to a letter asking that any effort to overhaul the tax code be used to permanently fix the Highway Trust Fund. The letter from Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), sent to Ways & Means leadership was signed by more than 250 members, including 119 Republicans.
But remember that while it’s relatively easy to support the broad-brush concept, the Graves/Norton letter makes no mention of how that structural fix should be achieved, which of course is where kumbayas start to break down.
