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6 Supreme Court Justices Attend Catholic Service Red Mass; Cardinal Pleads For Rights Of Unborn

AP | Posted 10.04.2009 | Home

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WASHINGTON — An American cardinal on Sunday issued a plea for the rights of the unborn at a church service that included Vice President Joe Bide...

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LaHood: 10 House Republicans Could Back Health Care

The Atlantic | Matthew Cooper | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics

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I mentioned on Friday that I'd gone to see Ray LaHood, the Secretary of Transportation. LaHood, as you probably know, was a Republican congressman fro...

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Less Than Sacred Hoops

Matt Farmer | Posted 11.29.2009 | Chicago

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Why is Arne Duncan going to Copenhagen? Maybe the IOC will want to hear what steps he is taking to ensure that the rest of our nation's public schools begin performing at the level of those in Chicago.

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690,000 Vehicles Sold Under Cash For Clunkers

AP | KEN THOMAS and STEPHEN MANNING | Posted 09.26.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON — The popular Cash for Clunkers program generated nearly 700,000 new car sales during the past month, giving the U.S. auto industry a...

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Drunk-Driving Arrests Among Women Up 28.8 Percent Since 1998

wsj.com | Associated Press | Posted 09.20.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON -- The number of women arrested for drunken driving has jumped nearly 30% in the past decade, the Transportation Department said Wednesday....

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Transportation Secretary: 'Cash For Clunkers' Won't Run Much Longer

AP | KEN THOMAS and DAN STRUMPF | Posted 09.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Recovery, Cash for Clunkers Program, Old Cars, Cash for Clunkers, Cars, Ray Lahood, Economic Stimulus, Transportation-Secretary, Recession, Business News

WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood assured car dealers Wednesday that they will be reimbursed for sales made under the Cash for Cl...

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Auto Dealers Pull Out Of Cash For Clunkers Program

AP | Dan Strumpf | Posted 09.19.2009 | New York

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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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'Clunker' Program Leads To Boost In Foreign Car Sales

washingtonpost.com | Dana Hedgpeth and Sholnn Freeman | Posted 09.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Toyota, Clunkers Law, Gm, Cash for Clunkers, Foreign Car Sales, Ford, Ray Lahood, Business News

Four of the five top-selling cars in the government's "Cash for Clunkers" program are made by foreign automakers, according to new data released Tuesd...

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Bulletin - Clunker Program May Already Be Over!

Steve Parker | Posted 08.30.2009 | Business

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I've said when program was first announced that the slated $1 billion would run out well before the time limit. But I don't think anyone expected this!

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Menendez: Transportation Missing From Climate Change Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate Climate Bill, Climate Change, Bob Menendez, Ray Lahood, Politics News

The next phase of the climate change debate began Tuesday morning in the Senate, but with a big piece missing. The heads of all the relevant governmen...

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Behind The Scenes With Obama's Cabinet (SLIDESHOW)

The Huffington Post | Cara Parks | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics

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Cabinet members: they're more than just bureaucratic figureheads. They will also paint your house, fertilize your lawn and serve you lunch, as reveale...

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How Obama Will Keep Michigan Blue in 2010

Susan J. Demas | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michigan Budget, Gop, John McCain, Sonia Sotomoayor, John Cherry, Gm, 2010 Election, Reagan Democrats, Government Spending, Macomb County, Anderson Cooper, Joe Biden, Stimulus, Ray Lahood, Barack Obama, Chrysler, Gary Locke, Pork-Barrel Spending, Oakland County, Michigan Republican Party, Unemployment, Hilda Solis, Jennifer Granholm, Sean Hannity, Michigan, Glenn Beck, Rust Belt, Recovery Act, Dennis Darnoi, Politics News

If the Republicans win the governorship here, the national media will trumpet that as an Important Trend. And a sign of the president's impending doom in 2012.

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Is Stimulus Spending Fast or Slow?

ProPublica | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

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To date, the department has obligated $15.7 billion, according to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood's latest blog post last night. That is a third of the department's overall stimulus budget.

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Commerce Secretary Locke: Rail Can Revive Auto Industry

Susan J. Demas | Posted 07.06.2009 | Business

Linking up with rail makes perfect sense for a contracting industry, at a time when environmental and economic factors make expanding public transit a necessity.

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US High Speed Rail To Follow Spain's Example

AP | HAROLD HECKLE | Posted 07.02.2009 | Green

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MADRID — Spain's bullet train system is a model to follow as America plans how to spend the money the government is injecting to stimulate the e...

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Scritti Politti: May 18, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Mass Transit, Saturday Night Live, Harvard Crimson, Plagiarism, High Speed Rail, Future of Journalism, Ray Lahood, White House Press Corps, Maureen Dowd, Transportation, Media News

Folks, if you hear just one interview with Department of Transportation Secretay Ray LaHood conducted as the secretary made his way by car to Peoria, ...

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Midwest High-Speed Rail Network To Get Stimulus Money: LaHood

Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 05.25.2009 | Chicago

Read More: High Speed Rail, High Speed Rail Network, High Speed Rail Stimulus, Ray Lahood, Stimulus Package, Chicago News

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said today that a proposed Midwest passenger high-speed rail network is among six corridors likely to share a...

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Blagojevich, Springfield Gridlock Helped Illinois Stimulus Projects: LaHood

Chicago Tribune | Rick Pearson | Posted 05.20.2009 | Chicago

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Illinois' long-dysfunctional government ultimately helped the state gain quick approval for a large share of federal stimulus money to fix roads and b...

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High-Speed Rail: States Seek Stimulus Money For Train Network With Chicago Hub

Associated Press | Posted 05.16.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Eight states want stimulus funds for a network of high-speed trains with Chicago as its hub. Governors from Illinois, Missouri, India...

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Obama Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Denies Knocking Illinois Work Ethic

Associated Press | Posted 04.19.2009 | Chicago

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PEORIA, Ill. -- U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is disputing claims by the president of an energy company that the former Illinois congressma...

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Ray LaHood: Obama's GOP Ambassador And Stimulus Spearhead

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics

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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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LaHood Hits Back Hard Against Charges Of "Socialism," "Obama Recession"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

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Secretary of Transportation Ray Lahood hit back hard on Monday to charges from White House critics that President Barack Obama's economic policies -- ...

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Illinois Still Has Time To Get Stimulus Money: State

Associated Press | Posted 04.04.2009 | Chicago

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Illinois transportation officials say they haven't missed any federal deadlines for stimulus funds. And an Illinois Department of Transportation spok...

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Chicago Hasn't Applied For Stimulus Transit Money Yet, Window Closing

Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 04.03.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Stimulus Money, Ray Lahood, Illinois Stimulus Funds, Stimulus Package, Chicago Stimulus Projects, Illinois Stimulus Projects, Chicago News

Illinois still has not officially submitted a list of shovel-ready road and mass transit projects to the federal government for funding under the econ...

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Mileage Tax Supported By Congressional Panel, In Spite Of White House

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 03.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Mileage Tax, Ray Lahood, Gas Tax, Cars, Barack Obama, Environment, Reducing Waste, Saving Money, Green News

WASHINGTON — Raise federal gasoline taxes to help pay for road projects? Not during a recession, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has said....

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