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8:35 AM EDT on July 7, 2011

    • Mica to Propose $230 Billion Six-Year Bill, Rejects Senate Call For a Two-Year Bill (The Hill, WSJ)
    • GOP Proposal Would Strengthen State Infrastructure Banks, Not Build a National One (Reuters)
    • Let's Make This Transpo Bill an Effective Climate Law (American Prospect, Switchboard)
    • GOP Would Rather See a Bridge Fall On Your Head Than Pass a Reasonable Transpo Bill (DailyKos)
    • Dems Exercise What Little Power They Have (More Than You Thought!) in Debt Ceiling Talks (TPM)
    • Poll: Americans Care More About Deficit Reduction Than Economic Stimulus (The Hill)
    • Youngstown Mayor Named New Car Czar (UPI)
    • If We Can't Afford Emissions Offsets, We Can't Afford to Fly (Treehugger)
    • TripAdvisor is First Online Flight Search to Include Rail Options (MarketWatch)
Tanya Snyder
Tanya became Streetsblog's Capitol Hill editor in September 2010 after covering Congress for Pacifica Radio’s 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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