Topic – Reauthorization
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Agreement reached on short term transportation bill
"Clean" bill with no cuts
House and Senate leaders have reached a deal pm a single, short-term transportation reauthorization.
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Civil rights group says transpo bill needs equity
"Drastically short"
The draft highway bill released by Republicans in the House would make access to transportation unequal, a civil rights group said
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Senate reveals bipartisan transportation bill
$12 billion extra needed
Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and James Inhofe (R-OK) presented MAP-21, a proposal for the next federal transportation bill to a Senate committee.
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Transportation secretary optimistic about bill
Funding road and transit
Hopes for Congress to complete transit bill by August
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Obama asks for $50 billion from Congress
Down payment on transportation
President Obama is asking for a $50 billion down payment on transportation infrastructure from the lame duck Congress.
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A year later, no federal transpo bill
Past DOT heads decry inaction
Over a year has passed since the expiration of SAFETEA-LU, and two former Transportation Secretaries are calling for action.
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President may give go-ahead for new transportation bill
T4: LaHood says 2011
Transportation for America reports that the President has given the OK to move forward on transportation in 2011.
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Oberstar reacts to Obama’s transportation plan
Six year deal is necessary
House Transportation and Infrastructure Chair James Oberstar reacts to President Obama's new transportation plan.
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