Today’s Headlines
Sen. Kerry (D-MA) on yesterday’s climate bill rollout, in his own words (Grist) Bad sign for that climate bill? Obama statement calls it by the wrong name, citing House version instead (WH Press) Obama urges Senate to defeat auto dealers’ favorite provision in the pending financial reform bill (The Hill) How China is winning the … Continued
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Elana Schor
7:55 AM EDT on May 13, 2010
- Sen. Kerry (D-MA) on yesterday’s climate bill rollout, in his own words (Grist)
- Bad sign for that climate bill? Obama statement calls it by the wrong name, citing House version instead (WH Press)
- Obama urges Senate to defeat auto dealers’ favorite provision in the pending financial reform bill (The Hill)
- How China is winning the worldwide high-speed rail race (WashPost)
- Rev. Jesse Jackson takes his transit-operating-aid advocacy tour to Birmingham, Alabama (B’Ham Biz Jrnl)
- Virginia’s proposed tolls along I-95 could help free up funds to fight congestion on truck-laden I-81 (WHSV)
- Nissan is pinning its fiscal future on an electric vehicle boom (Earth2Tech)
- Tampa area officials debate the county’s proposed transit sales tax (Tampa Trib)
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