Posts tagged Peter Defazio
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Breakfast links: What took so long?
Federal funding, finally; The customer comes first; Shifting demographics in DC; Bus lane support; Locked up in Lorton; Purple line property rights; Seriously, no parking. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: No respect in Congress
Conservatives want cuts to transit, DC; Top transportation Democrat a roads guy; Armed robbery on Metro last month; Gray makes DMPED pick & others; News from the Walmart front; Hit and runs in the region; Kenilworth Ave to get sidewalks, bike lanes; Arlington improves traffic signal network; And…. Keep reading…
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Nadler transit amendment passes on voice vote
The House just approved Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY)‘s amendment to add $3 billion in transit capital funding to the stimulus. They approved it on a voice vote instead of a roll call. Keep reading…
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Morning coffee stimulus: and now there was one (amendment)
DeFazio amendment out: T4A reports that the DeFazio amendment was “required to be withdrawn” for parliamentary reasons. No real word on what those reasons were, but apparently the Rules Committee heard your voices loud and clear. Keep reading…
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DeFazio calls out Summers, introduces transit stimulus amendment
Won’t Larry Summers please just go away? He already laid the groundwork for the current financial crisis and damaged Harvard’s reputation. Now, he’s steering President Obama and the stimulus bill away from transit and other infrastructure spending and toward tax cuts. Keep reading…