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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 Pushes Congress On Transportation Spending Bill

AP | Posted 10.31.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will make a push for more transportation spending on Wednesday. The White House says Obama will urge Congress to...

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Student Gets Called Out by the Secretary of Transportation At BC Commencement

| Allison Lantero | Posted 08.06.2011

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Even though not everyone in the Class of 2011 was graced by the presence of Tom Hanks or Toni Morrison at graduation this year, commencement speeches ...

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In Defense of Napping Air Traffic Controllers

Danny Groner | Posted 06.21.2011

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The Department of Transportation, led by Ray LaHood, announced new rules this week that will force controllers to have more time off between shifts and to be accompanied by a partner.

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Distracted Driving: A Deadly Epidemic

Ray LaHood | Posted 05.25.2011

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Distracted driving is perhaps the least recognized public safety crisis of the 21st century. We can and will reach the day when no families will suffer because a driver took his or her eyes off the road.

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Wait a Second! Part I: Toyota Fined?

Mark Axelrod | Posted 05.25.2011

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If LaHood were serious about fining Toyota, then he would've put a bite into the fine. But $16.4 million is the equivalent of brushing away a gnat in the humidity of an August morning.

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Toyota Pedal Warning Sent To Europe Europeans Warned of Toyota Pedals Before US

AP | LARRY MARGASAK and KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Five days before Toyota announced a massive recall, a U.S. public relations executive at the automaker warned colleagues in an inte...

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Texting Ban: Government Seeks Penalties For Texting While Driving Trucks, Buses

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Transportation Department on Wednesday proposed a ban on text messaging at the wheel by interstate truck and bus drivers, follo...

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On The Serious and Preventable Issue of Distracted Driving

Jennifer L. Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Road crashes claim 1.3 million lives each year. That's one death every 30 seconds. Distracted driving is a serious and preventable problem, worthy of the attention of our highest government leaders.

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Transportation Secretary Ray Says U.S. Considering weighing brake overrides in all new cars

AP | STEPHEN MANNING and TOM RAUM | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is considering requiring all cars and trucks sold in the U.S. to have brakes that can override gas pedals ...

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Toyota's January Sales Drop 16 Percent After Recall

AP | KEN THOMAS and STEPHEN MANNING | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday its sales fell 16 percent in January, hurt by a recall of eight popular models due to faulty gas peda...

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Auto Dealers Pull Out Of Cash For Clunkers Program

AP | Dan Strumpf | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Hundreds of auto dealers in the New York area have withdrawn from the government's Cash for Clunkers program, citing delays in gettin...

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Ray LaHood: Obama's GOP Ambassador And Stimulus Spearhead

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Among the members of Barack Obama's cabinet, Ray LaHood, the Secretary of Transportation, is perhaps the least glorified. A former member of Congress,...

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Dem Rep: LaHood "Slapped Down By Know-Nothings" In White House On Mileage Tax

ABC | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. James Oberstar, D-Minn., chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and something of a firebrand, took issue with comments ma...

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Mileage Tax Plan Nixed By Obama

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday rejected his transportation secretary's suggestion that the administration consider taxing motoris...

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GOP Cabinet Member LaHood Disappointed By Stimulus Votes, Takes Some Blame

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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The failure of President Obama to win any votes from House Republicans did not go unnoticed by one former House Republican, Ray LaHood, now secretary ...

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The Traffic of Pay-to-Play Politics

Monica Youn | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Bush Administration's DOT succeeded in knocking a sizeable hole in Illinois' ban on pay-to-play deals that the state Senate had attempted to pass in the wake of the Blagojevich scandal.

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Obama's Emissions Standards Supported By Auto Executives

Politico | Posted 05.25.2011

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Auto-industry officials were surprisingly receptive to President Obama's announcement about tightening emission standards, saying the steps he announc...

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Obama Transportation Secretary Pick LaHood Is An Unapologetic 'Earmarker': WaPo

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The former Republican congressman chosen by President-elect Barack Obama to direct billions in federal highway spending has been an unapologetic advoc...

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LaHood To GOP: We Should Stand Behind Obama

Politico | Posted 05.25.2011

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What a difference a cabinet appointment makes. Former Illinois Republican Rep. Ray LaHood, now the Transportation Secretary-designate, is urging the ...

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Ray LaHood: Obama's Transportation Secretary

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Chicago Tribune, along with other news organizations, reports: Peoria Republican congressman Ray LaHood has been asked to be Transportation Secr...

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Ray LaHood at Transportation, What is Obama Thinking?

Josh Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

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A Republican with a consistently bad record on environmental issues has just been nominated to run the Department of Transportation.

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