Edited sentence: "  Chopp, however, has stood in the way of efforts to improve transportation funding."  However, Chopp has blocked efforts to require that homebuilders be held acountable for construction defects in new homes."  However, Chopp led the House in reducing K-12 education funding by $1.2 billion for the 2009-11 biennium, suspending two voter-passed K-12 initiatives, and reducing higher education funding below a level that even massive 30% tuition increases will restore