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Today’s Headlines

7:48 AM EDT on October 6, 2009

Big business interests roll out new campaigns in favor of congressional action on climate change (Politico)
LaHood's message to Florida: Get serious about funding commuter rail, or forget about having a slice of the Obama administration's high-speed rail pie (Sentinel)
Federal Transit Administration is hard at work on a new proposal that would set minimum safety standards for state-level rail systems (WTOP)
New Jersey Transit continues to push for federal legislation helping local agencies avoid getting slammed by Wall Street tax shelter deals (NJbiz.com)
President Obama signs an executive order implementing energy-saving sustainability initiatives at federal agencies (WH Press)
Building America's Future picks a new president (Infrastructure Inv.)

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