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8:19 AM EDT on May 10, 2011

    • GOP Demands Trillions -- Not Billions -- in New Budget Cuts in Exchange for Debt Ceiling Vote (WaPo)
    • Wisconsin Gets Rejected for Federal Rail Funds It Once Rejected (Journal Sentinel)
    • Administration Asserts "For Now, Riding Trains is Safe" Amid Calls for Tightened Security (The Hill)
    • Blumenauer's Commuter Relief Act Would Add Equity for Non-Drivers (BikePortland)
    • Obama Transportation Bill Preceded By Green Transpo Postage Stamp Release (Alt Transport)
    • The Best Way to Beat $4 Gas? Don't Drive So Much. (HuffPo)
    • Sec. LaHood Will Intervene in Dulles Rail Cost Dispute (Examiner)
    • Anti-"Sprawl-Mart" Activist Says Retail and Residences Don't Mix (Akron Beacon Journal)
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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