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7:45 AM EDT on June 17, 2009

    • House Democrats are eyeing a $450 billion price tag for their federal transportation bill but haven't solved the revenue puzzle (WSJ)
    • Obama administration's new climate change report says transportation will affect the warming planet ... but the warming planet also will affect transportation (NYT)
    • Local transit agencies cheer the war spending bill for allowing them to use federal cash on operating costs (NYT)
    • Virginia becomes the last state to formally request stimulus money for transportation -- four months after the economic recovery bill passed (WaPo)

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