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Stimulus Update: Senate Compromise Unlikely to Raid Transit Funds

5:44 PM EST on February 7, 2009

According to a list posted by Politico, the Senate left transit funding untouched in the stim bill compromise brokered yesterday. For now, it appears safe to take a break from contacting your senators about this particular point of concern.

Whether it's smart policy to trim the recovery package while the economy hemorrhages jobs is a different matter.

Ben Fried
Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.

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