McConnell: Close to highway deal

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday he hopes to announce soon that he and Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer of California have reached an agreement on a transportation bill.

“Sen. Boxer and I have been in negotiations all weekend, and I spoke with her yesterday, and we’re hoping to be able to announce tomorrow a major bipartisan multiyear highway bill,” McConnell said, speaking to reporters in Shepherdsville, Ky.

Speaking earlier to a business group, McConnell said: “There’s a good chance that by tomorrow, you will have a McConnell-Boxer multiyear highway bill on the floor of the Senate.”