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Obama Signs Bill, Says He’s Been Calling on Congress to Spend War Money on Transpo (TID) …Mica: Really, Obama? Because We Haven’t Heard a Peep Out of You For Ages (Fox) Just Raise the Gas Tax, Already (Record-Searchlight, Seacoastonline, MyCentralJersey) …It’s Grover Norquist’s Fault That Congress Won’t Do It (Star-Ledger) California Legislature Says Yes to … Continued

By Tanya Snyder

8:42 AM EDT on July 9, 2012

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Obama Signs Bill, Says He’s Been Calling on Congress to Spend War Money on Transpo (TID)
…Mica: Really, Obama? Because We Haven’t Heard a Peep Out of You For Ages (Fox)
Just Raise the Gas Tax, Already (Record-Searchlight, Seacoastonline, MyCentralJersey)
…It’s Grover Norquist’s Fault That Congress Won’t Do It (Star-Ledger)
California Legislature Says Yes to the Bullet Train (SF Gate, CNET)
Examiner: Ray LaHood <3 High-Speed Rail –> Ray LaHood = Mao Tse-Tung
Your Tax Dollars Are Supporting Flammable Sprawl in the West (Billings Gazette)
People Are Driving Less. Transit Needs a Sustainable Funding Source to Keep Up (Journal Sentinel)
Record Heat Wreaked Havoc With Trains, In Addition to Planes and Automobiles (WaPo)
Cyclists Think Twice Before Sharing the Road With Increasingly Distracted Drivers (Amarillo Globe-News)
Bike-Share Brings Out More Cyclists, Who “Assert Themselves More Than They Should” (USA Today)

Tanya Snyder

Tanya became Streetsblog's Capitol Hill editor in September 2010 after covering Congress for Pacifica Radios Washington bureau and for public radio stations around the country. She lives car-free in a transit-oriented and bike-friendly neighborhood of Washington, DC.

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