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Mayors Meet With U.S. Senators as Legislative Agenda Shifts Away From Health Care

Route Fifty: WASHINGTON — With the debate in Congress about health care receding for now and possible tax and infrastructure legislation on the horizon, a bipartisan group of mayors from around the nation came here Wednesday to discuss their priorities with U.S. senators.

The U.S. Conference of Mayors organized the visit. Mayor Mitch Landrieu of New Orleans is the Conference’s current president and spoke with Route Fifty after meeting with lawmakers.

Boosting federal infrastructure investment remains a priority for mayors, Landrieu said. He also said the five senators he spoke with did not offer any guarantees that a long-standing tax exemption for municipal bonds would be preserved in any forthcoming tax legislation.

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