Fun Times Ahead As Transportation Bill Takes Shape

March 17th, 2010 admin

As Congress starts hammering out a transportation spending bill, keep your eye on who asks for what and how the horses are traded. Transportation is a tried-and-true way for legislators to bring home the bacon, so we’re sure to see legislation packed with pork barrel projects that range from the necessary to the advisable to the ridiculous. Negotiations over the long-awaited, oft-discussed replacement for the SAFETEA-LU transportation bill passed five years ago are sure to be vicious. The bill, which…


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