By Mark Scott
Washington, DC – The renaming of a stretch of highway in memory of the late Tim Russert moved forward Tuesday.
The US House of Representatives has approved a measure to rename a portion of Route 20A near Ralph Wilson Stadium after the Buffalo native and broadcast journalist. The Senate gave its okay late last month. The bill is now on its way to President Bush for his signature.
US Senators Charles Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton and Congressman Brian Higgins proposed the renaming shortly after Russert's untimely death from a heart attack.
Following the House vote, Higgins said it's a "fitting remembrance of a man, who after all his success, never forgot his hometown."
Under the legislation the stretch of Route 20A between Abbott Road and California Road in Orchard Park will be designated as the "Timothy J. Russert Highway."