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Pay Even More At The Pump? Gas Tax Hikes Prove Unpopular

AP | By BRIAN WITTE | Posted 03.06.2012

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- As if gas prices weren't high enough, several states across the U.S. are looking to raise fuel taxes they say are needed to pay for ...

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Obama Pushes Congress On Transportation Spending Bill

AP | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Ray Lahood Department of Transportation, Video, Transportation Spending Bill, Federal Highway Fund, 112th Congress, Obama Transportation, Transportation Spending, Barack Obama, Ray Lahood, Transportation, Richard Trumka, Politics News

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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The Traffic of Pay-to-Play Politics

Monica Youn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: State Budgets, Money, National Infrastructure, Budget, Secretary of Transportation, Clintons, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Budget, Transportation, Infrastructure, Kennedys, Illinois Senate, Bush Administration, John Fritchey, Rod Blagojevich, Transportation Department, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, Federal Highway Fund, Illinois, Blagojevich Corruption, Ray Lahood Obama, Transportration Secretary Ray LaHood, Ray Lahood, Ray Lahood Department of Transportation, Politics News
Monica Youn

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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Federal Highway Fund Running Out of Money

New York Times | DAVID STOUT and MATTHEW L. WALD | Posted 05.25.2011

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An important account in the federal Highway Trust Fund will run out of money this month, a situation that could hamper completion of road and bridge c...

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