Posts tagged Steny Hoyer
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Breakfast links: Someday my streetcar will come
Not this year; Sell don’t swap FBI; Charters for change; Metro for all Marylanders; Local labor pool; MoCo’s Bike Master Plan; Billboard fights congestion; And…. Keep reading…
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Steny Hoyer spreads myths about the District’s budget
One of the predominant myths about the District is that the federal government fully compensates any costs or lost revenue it incurs as the Federal District. In reality, DC residents bear a heavy fiscal burden — to the tune of about $1 billion a year — because of a structural deficit that Congress could fix. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More, more, more
More night buses, please; VRE gets stuffed; Hoyer hates commuter tax; Big box can be urban, or not; No transit is more dangerous; Standards hamper New Haven; Sunroof for the subway?; And…. Keep reading…
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Metro crash roundup: Second draft of history
Press coverage of the Metro crash has evolved from blaming Metro officials for the crash to blaming local, state and national leaders for chronically underfunding the Metro system. Keep reading…
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How good is Congress’ word on Metro funding?
If you were selling a house, and had agreed on a price with the buyer, would you decide to simply transfer the house to the buyer before they’d even signed a contract or put down a deposit? If your realtor told you that you have to give the buyer the house, because if not they might decide not to buy, you’d tell the realtor to take a hike and find a new realtor. Some of Maryland’s… Keep reading…
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Bush threatening veto of Amtrak funding
President Bush is threatening to veto an Amtrak funding bill because it doesn’t provide accountability. That’s a little ironic, coming from him, but we already know Bush is completely and unalterably opposed to rail transit as a viable mode of travel in the United States. Sadly, so is John McCain. Keep reading…