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You saw it first on S-blog Capitol Hill — but here’s more coverage of the Obama administration’s pitch for an 18-month extension of the current transportation law (Reuters, JoC) University of Iowa begins field-testing the future of a VMT tax (Kansas City Star) Oberstar’s home-state paper editorializes on his battle with the administration over transpo … Continued

By Elana Schor

7:47 AM EDT on July 2, 2009

You saw it first on S-blog Capitol Hill — but here’s more coverage of the Obama administration’s pitch for an 18-month extension of the current transportation law (Reuters, JoC)
University of Iowa begins field-testing the future of a VMT tax (Kansas City Star)
Oberstar’s home-state paper editorializes on his battle with the administration over transpo funding (Star Tribune)
LaHood says “cash for clunkers” program drawing “huge interest” (Bloomberg)
A central piece of circuit was replaced on the D.C. Metro days before malfunctioning in last week’s crash (WaPo)

Elana Schor

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