Dive summary:

• The Capitol is anything but a predictable place these days, but the American Association of State and Territorial Highway Officials (AASHTO) sees one predictable outcome it does not like – a failure to fund all of the infrastructure work that the MAP 21 law enacted year promised for the nation.
• The best the country may get for the rest of fiscal 2013 is what Congress calls a continuing resolution – an agreement to carry over the previous year's budget because no one can agree on a new one to cover 13 required appropriation bills needed annually for federal agencies.
• The organization argues that not funding the investment that everyone celebrated in 2012 is the wrong move in an economy still not on solid ground in its recovery from the recession.

From the article:

"We are also concerned that the proposed bill freezes funding for certain safety programs at a time when highway fatalities may again be on the rise.” ...