Today’s Headlines
Reid Says Senate Has Agreed to Amendments, Will Vote on Them Today (Hill) Boehner Rebuffs Report He’s Lost Confidence in Mica’s Five-Year Bill (Hill) House Bill Will Drop Controversial Change to Transit Funding (Governing) Republican Senator Mike Enzi Warns Gas Tax Must Be Raised (HuffPo) House Dem Dennis Kucinich Loses Primary After Redistricting (Grist) The … Continued
By
Ben Goldman
8:54 AM EST on March 8, 2012
- Reid Says Senate Has Agreed to Amendments, Will Vote on Them Today (Hill)
- Boehner Rebuffs Report He’s Lost Confidence in Mica’s Five-Year Bill (Hill)
- House Bill Will Drop Controversial Change to Transit Funding (Governing)
- Republican Senator Mike Enzi Warns Gas Tax Must Be Raised (HuffPo)
- House Dem Dennis Kucinich Loses Primary After Redistricting (Grist)
- The Bicycle as Symbol of Progress (Copenhagenize)
- Rural Communities Lead the Way in Walking and Cycling (Winkler Times)
- Keystone XL vs. High-Speed Rail: A Tale of Two Job-Creators (HuffPo)
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