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Congress needs to lift limitations on tax-exempt private activity bonds, say transportation advocates.

"We have got to keep the money coming in to transit," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren D- Mass.

The U.S. loses its third triple-A rating as Congress works to pass a massive tax cuts and spending bill.

A deal on the state and local tax deduction cap remained elusive as of Monday morning.

Rising debt and interest payment ratios over more than a decade, to levels higher than other nations', prompted the downgrade, Moody's said.

The committee may take the bill up again as soon as Monday.

As the Trump administration puts its stamp on dispensing infrastructure funding, proponents of P3's, PABs, federal and formula funding are squaring off against grants to state and local governments.

The full legislative package could land on the House floor as soon as next week.

The tax bill is far from a done deal, market participants said.

The hotly anticipated bill from Ways and Means is the first detailed draft and could change as it moves through the legislative process.

The Ways and Means Committee is expected to release the full text, including revenue raisers, ahead of a Tuesday hearing.

Public power energy providers are moving forward with using elective pay to boost investment in nuclear energy while electrifying small town and rural areas.

The municipal bond market may soon get its first glimpse of hotly anticipated tax legislation.

Muni advocates are watching the SALT cap negotiations closely, as the outcome may be influence if other revenue raisers, like axing the muni tax exemption, come into play.

The U.S. Department of Transportation rolls out $3.2 billion via 329 infrastructure grants that will fund more than 3,200 projects that the agency contends were tangled up in red tape and DEI requirements.

Amid deep cuts to public K-12 schools, the proposed budget would boost charter school investment as the administration said "more local school options are needed."

Despite a downgrade by Moody's Ratings in April, Washington, D.C., went to market early and emerged with an oversubscribed revenue and refunding bond issuance of nearly $1.5 billion.

As cutting the federal budget resonates as a central theme in the Trump administration, the Department of Transportation is getting a boost in appropriation proposals.

It's the latest in a series of legislative efforts to restore tax-exempt advance refunding of bonds.

Falling financial dominoes started by a continuing resolution passed by Congress is leading to budget delays and the threat of a lawsuit by City Council as Washington prepares for a nearly $1.5 billion bond issuance.