(AP) — The Jindal administration  will try again today to get legislative backing for a plan to spend Louisiana’s first dollars from the federal stimulus package, about $300 million, for road and bridge work.The top leader in the state Senate, however, said he’ll recommend that lawmakers only approve a portion of the spending while they await further details from Gov. Bobby Jindal about how much of a multimillion dollar state surplus Jindal wants to spend on road projects.The joint House and Senate budget committee, which must approve the spending plans before the work can begin, plans to review the transportation proposal at a Wednesday afternoon meeting. Though lawmakers had previously complained of his absence, Jindal said he won’t make a personal pitch to the committee.”Certainly, the ball is in their court. We’re fine with them making changes as long as they meet the federal criteria,” the governor said Tuesday.But he warned that any additions or deletions lawmakers want to make to the list need to be done quickly. He said the state needs to get a list of transportation projects to federal officials by March 19.Rather than approve the full list, Senate President Joel Chaisson said he’ll recommend that the committee approve enough of the spending to meet the federal requirement that half the money be obligated within 120 days.”We can’t delay any further on those projects because of the federal timelines. The others, we have a little bit more time to look at our priorities,” said Chaisson, D-Destrehan.For the rest of the stimulus transportation money, Chaisson said he’ll suggest the committee delay again until lawmakers get more details about how much of an $865 million state surplus the governor wants to pump into highway projects.Lawmakers stalled the stimulus proposal two weeks ago when the governor was getting prominent national attention for his opposition to parts of the stimulus. —-Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]