Metro: Congress has six days to act on federal transit benefits

Congress has just six days to maintain federal transit benefits before it’s too late for Metro riders to use the current levels in January, transit agency officials said Thursday. The deadline for employers to make changes to employees’ transit benefits is on Wednesday. But Congress still hasn’t acted on several bills that would keep the current $230-per-month benefit levels from lapsing to $125 per month starting Jan. 1.