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February 5, 2007

Amtrak and the path of least resistance

The House Appropriations Committee voted to just continue Amtrak's 2006 level of funding instead of increasing funding to the level requested by the Amtrak board, supported in a resolution by Senate members Trent Lott and Frank Lautenberg just a couple weeks ago. So much for monetary and political progress. At least they aren't going backwards.
Post Author: csa | 6:49 PM | Link | TrackBacks
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Remember, this is just Congress cleaning up the mess left by the Republicans, who never passed last year's spending bills.

There will be more opportunities for the compelling Lautenberg-Lott PRIIA bill to pass.

Posted by: TransitGuy at February 6, 2007 8:59 AM
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