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NEW YORK (AP) -- Hundreds of auto dealers in the New York area have withdrawn from the government's Cash for Clunkers program, citing delays in gettin...

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

ABC | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics

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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 03.23.2009 | Politics

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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 03.21.2009 | Politics

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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 02.27.2009 | Politics

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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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Obama's Emissions Standards Supported By Auto Executives

Politico | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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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 02.14.2009 | Politics

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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 02.12.2009 | Politics

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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 at Transportation, What is Obama Thinking?

Josh Nelson | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics

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Josh Nelson

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

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Ray LaHood: Obama's Transportation Secretary

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics

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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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