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8:37 AM EDT on June 12, 2009

    • Transportation Secretary LaHood and Vice President Biden promote the economic stimulus' infrastructure spending -- on bridge repairs and massive highway expansions (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Pitch)
    • Congress slips $1 billion for a weak "cash for clunkers" plan into its $105 billion war spending bill (Detroit News)
    • With the timeline for a federal transpo bill slipping, advocates are focusing instead on Congress' climate change measure (Greenwire)
    • Trucking industry lobbies against highway user fees to pay for transportation improvements (Logistics Management)

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