Ray Lahood

M1 Group Backs Up Light Rail With 1,200 Page Report, $84 Million

The Huffington Post | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 04.24.2012

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After several months hammering out the details, the backers behind a plan to put a 3.4-mile rail track down Woodward Ave. in Detroit submitted a repor...

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Ray LaHood, New Jersey Senators To John Boehner: 'Let's Not Allow the House Tea Party To Hold Jobs Hostage'

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Infrastructure, Video, Chris Christie, Mass Transit, Public Transportation, Senate Transportation Bill, Frank Lautenberg, Robert Menendez, Ray Lahood, Transportation Bill, Politics News

HOBOKEN, N.J. -- Federal and state leaders pleaded Monday with House Speaker John Boehner to take up the Senate's transportation bill, which passed la...

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Ford Makes Distracted Driving Even Easier

The Huffington Post | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Nook, Texting and Driving, Apple Ipad, Distracted Driving, Kindle, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Texting While Driving, Ipad 3, Ford, Taylor Sauer, Ray Lahood, Ipad, Business News

Ford is making it easier to access computer devices in its cars, enabling users of iPad, Kindle, Nook and other tablets to control their devices with ...

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Ray LaHood Honks At Distracted D.C. Drivers

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.28.2012

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WASHINGTON -- It's no secret that U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood dislikes distracted driving. "I don’t want people talking on phones, ...

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Offshore Drilling Approved, But Transportation Bill Under Fire

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: House Transportation Bill, Video, Barbara Boxer, John Boehner, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, Senate Transportation Bill, Devolution, Transportation Bill, Ray Lahood, Offshore Drilling, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives approved Thursday a bill that would open up parts of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the Rocky Mountai...

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Big GOP Donors Get Carveout Stiffing Workers

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 02.20.2012

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans are trying to pass a transportation bill that would strip certain workers of their minimum-wage and overtime protectio...

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With Gas Tax Money Vanishing, Transportation Bills Mum On What Comes Next

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 02.16.2012

Read More: Gas Prices, Cbo, Fuel Efficiency, Gas Tax, Cars, Highway Trust Fund, Obama Surface Transportation, Surface Transportation Bill, Ray Lahood, Transportation, Video, Tom Coburn, Mike Enzi, John Mica, Max Baucus, Transportation Bill, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- As both chambers of Congress continued to debate dueling surface transportation bills on Wednesday, Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) announ...

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GOP Bill Attacked For Going Back To The 'Dark Ages'

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Video, Transportation Funding, Boehner, John Boehner, John Mica, Obama, Transportation Bill, Ray Lahood, Transportation, Lahood, Politics News

WASHINGTON — After years of procrastination, the White House and Congress have suddenly boosted a long-term plan to improve the nation's roads, ...

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Four Cabinet members willing to help Democratic super PACs

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Super Pac, Arne Duncan, Ron Kirk, Steven Chu, Super PACs, President Barack Obama, Obama Administration, Ken Salazar, Ray Lahood, Politics News

By Michael Beckel, iWatch NewsAt least four Cabinet members appear ready and willing to answer President Barack Obama's call to help fill the coffer...

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GOP Bill Would Strip Workers Of Overtime, Minimum Wage Protections

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Labor, Minimum Wage, Video, Workers, Railroads, Railways, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, John Mica, Labor Unions, Overtime, George Miller, Ray Lahood, John-Mica-House-Transportation-Committee, Transportation, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A little-noted provision in the House Republicans' controversial energy and transportation bill would strip several thousand workers wit...

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Top U.S. Official's Son Facing Trial In Egypt

Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Egypt Trial, Egypt Protests, Video, Egypt Ngo, Egypt Revolution, Secretary of Transportation, Egyptian Protests, Americans in Egypt, Sam Lahood, Ray Lahood, World News

Associated Press CAIRO - Egypt on Monday released the names of 19 Americans who face trial over foreign funding of activities of their nonprofit gr...

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House Transportation Committee Rolls Out A Poison Pill Transportation Bill, Sponsored By Drilling

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Infrastructure, John Mica, Video, James Inhofe, Oceana, Keystone XL Pipeline, Ray Lahood, Offshore Drilling, Politics News

House Transportation Chair John Mica introduced Americans to the GOP vision for transportation on Tuesday -- more highways and more toll roads. To pay...

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Egypt Bans Son Of U.S. Transportation Secretary From Leaving

AP | BEN HUBBARD | Posted 03.27.2012

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Egypt: Americans Banned From Leaving, Including Sam LaHood

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How To Find A Truthful Price For An Airline Ticket

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Spirit Airlines, Hidden Airline Fees, Hidden Fees, Airline Fees, Obama, Ray Lahood, President Obama, Delta Air Lines, Southwest, Jetblue, Chuck Schumer, Travel News

The outrage is not that the airlines are doing anything illegal, but that all this deceptive advertising has been perfectly legal for years.

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Detroit Dumps Light Rail Plan For Streetcar

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 01.09.2012

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Detroit's proposed light rail system -- back from the grave more times than a character on As The World Turns -- would be revived as a shorter, 3.4-mi...

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Light Rail Lives! Bing, Snyder Back Privately Funded Shorter Line

Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: M1 Light Rail, Bus Rapid Transit, Video, Dave Bing, Light Rail Detroit, Bus Rapid Transit Detroit, Light Rail, Ray Lahood, Rick Snyder, Detroit News

Mayor Dave Bing and Gov. Rick Snyder met with Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Friday to discuss plans to revive a proposed light rail system in...

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Bullying the EU on Global Warming...or Trying to

Vera Pardee | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Airline Fees, Climate Change, Global Warming, European Union, Obama Administration, Hillary Clinton, Eu, Ray Lahood, Green News

It's shocking to see Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attack the 27 European countries that are actually trying to do something about the greatest environmental challenge of our time.

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This Is Not the End of the Line for Transit

Neil Greenberg | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Detroit Light Rail, Mass Transit, Rapid Bus Transit, Ddot, Detroit Mass Transit, Gilbert and Penske, Light Rail, Ray Lahood, People Mover, Detroit News

I am fully confident that we will have rail in Detroit. That said, the cancellation of this specific light rail project does not surprise me -- nor does it particularly disappoint me.

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Light Rail Out, Bus Plan In

The Huffington Post | Simone Landon | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Detroit Light Rail, M1 Light Rail, Dave Bing, Michigan Transportation Authority, Ddot, Woodward Light Rail, Mayor Dave Bing, Detroit Real Estate, Detroit Department of Transportation, Smart Bus, Ray Lahood, Rick Snyder, Detroit News

The Free Press reports that Detroit will cancel its plans to build a light rail line down Woodward Avenue in favor of beefing up the city's bus system...

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FAA Chief Replaced After Arrest

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 02.06.2012

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WASHINGTON — The sudden resignation of its chief leaves the Federal Aviation Administration in the hands of Deputy Administrator Michael Huerta,...

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Obama Administration Issues Vote Of Confidence On California High-Speed Rail

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 11.23.2011

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NEW YORK -- Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced on Tuesday that California had secured $928.6 million in funds for the state's high-speed ra...

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The Way it Was

James Zogby | Posted 01.19.2012

Read More: Lebanese, Bill Clinton, Mitch McConnell, Rush Limbaugh, Darrell Issa, Obama Inauguration, Occupy Wall Street, Bipartisanship, Democrats, Tea Party, Congressional Deadlock, Barack Obama, Ray Lahood, Partisan Politics, Republicans, Politics News

As I have listened to the increasingly harsh political rhetoric coming from Republicans, I have thought back to a special night in early 2009 and the spirit of cooperation ushered in by our newly elected president, and wondered where it all went.

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American Eagle Airlines Fined $900,000 For Tarmac Delays

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 01.14.2012

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WASHINGTON — Sometimes it seems like airline passengers just can't win: The government cracks down on airlines that keep people cooped up on pla...

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Harry Reid Pitches $60 Billion In Latest Jobs Twist

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.21.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A day after failing to advance one part of President Barack Obama's jobs plan in the Senate, Democrats moved on to another Friday, annou...

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Obama's 'Hipster' Republican Cabinet Secretary Hits His Own Party

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 12.14.2011

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WASHINGTON — The most prominent Republican in the Obama administration is accusing GOP House members of blocking efforts to resolve the nation's pro...

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