Highway Bill

What's in the Highway Bill?

James Kotecki | Posted 05.04.2012

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Next week, House and Senate lawmakers will begin negotiating a massive new transportation bill. Where does all the money go?

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Potential Light Emerges On Key Infrastructure Bill

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 05.01.2012

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WASHINGTON — Defying expectations, Congress has reached the homestretch on a major overhaul of federal transportation programs that is critical ...

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House GOP Divide Puts Ice On Key Projects

Posted 04.25.2012

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By David Lawder WASHINGTON--Nearly every day, rush-hour traffic backs up for miles on both ends of the overburdened Brent Spence Bridge, which ...

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House GOP Passes Bill With Controversial Addition

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 04.18.2012

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WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday approved a Republican bill aimed at keeping alive prospects for enacting an overhaul of federal transportati...

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House Punts On Massive Transportation Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.29.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives Thursday rebuffed a bipartisan Senate plan to keep major transportation projects humming for the next two y...

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Billion-Dollar Bill Heads For Another Shutdown Showdown

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.29.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Senate leaders pleaded Wednesday for the House to pass a transportation bill before funding for thousands of projects across the country...

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Crucial Bill Turns Into A Headache For House GOP

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 05.23.2012

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WASHINGTON — A bill that Republican leaders were promoting as the centerpiece of their job-creation agenda has instead turned into one of their ...

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Boehner's Big Loss

Politico | Jake Sherman and John Bresnahan | Posted 03.09.2012

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Speaker John Boehner’s got quite the losing streak going. Just in the past two weeks, nearly 100 Republicans said they'd vote against two differe...

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Nancy Pelosi Ridicules House Republicans' 'Little King' Jobs Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 03.08.2012

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WASHINGTON -- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) thinks it's all well and good that House Republicans have White House support for their jo...

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Transportation Bill May Be On The GOP Chopping Block

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 04.24.2012

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WASHINGTON — Facing a revolt in their ranks, House Republicans leaders are considering significantly downsizing a bill that was supposed to prov...

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What Should Be On Illinois' Transportation Projects Wish List?

Chicago Tribune | John McCarron | Posted 05.25.2011

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[T]he Illinois congressional delegation is pulling together a wish list of public works projects to be part of the $800 billion stimulus package sough...

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