House OK’s bailout for T over Republican objections

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The House passed an MBTA budget bailout bill after some controversy along the way that led most Republicans to vote against the legislation. House Minority Leader Bradley Jones voted against the bill, along with several other Republican leaders. The legislation, which now heads to the Senate, helps the T resolve its budget crisis by sweeping the state’s motor vehicle inspection trust fund of $51 million in surplus fee revenues to close the deficit remaining in the MBTA’s $1.7 billion budget.

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