http://www.wpbf.com/nationalnews/28765836/detail.html
Apparently the latest word is the Tea Party will fight to eliminate the federal tax on gas, which partly goes to fund mass transit, and have it handled completely by the states. This would run in opposition to Chamber of Commerce and GM, which actually would like to see the gas tax increased. I also recall reading that the Tea Party folks are up in arms also at alternatives to the gas tax going to pay for the roads also.
"The Davis-Bacon law increases the cost of new roads, bridges etc. by 25% to 33%," Grover Norquist, head of the advocacy group Americans for Tax Reform, said referring to the law that stipulates how much workers on federal projects need to be paid. "Much money is siphoned off to pay union workers in subway systems or to build bike paths....not roads."
Norquist didn't say if he'll use his considerable influence among Republicans to attempt to kill the gas tax next month, but did say "we should move now, or soon, to allow all states to raise and keep their own gas taxes to build and fix roads."
And here is an article on a Tea Party site to bring attention to the alternative way to fund roads being paid for.
http://www.teaparty.org/article.php?id=691
