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8:37 AM EDT on June 28, 2012

    • The Text of the Conference Report (Rules Committee)
    • Democrats and Republicans Both Claim Victory With Transportation Bill (The Hill)
    • DeFazio to Vote Yea: "It's a Good, Solid Bill that Doesn't Do Violence to Things We Care About" (The Hill)
    • Coal Ash Language Out, Environmental Review Language In (Politico, AP, BusinessWeek)
    • Baucus: Bill Is Fully Paid For (Finance Committee)
    • House Rejects VMT Fee Exploration (The Hill)
    • It's Not Just the Exurbs: Suburbs Declining, Cities on the Rise (USA Today)
    • Gas Prices Fall to 5-Month Low (and People Aren't Driving More) (AP)
    • ... But Grover Norquist's Group Says It's Still Not Time to Index Gas Tax to Inflation (ATR)
    • 58% Support Higher Gas Tax, But Only If It Funds Roads, Not Other Transpo (AutoBlog)
    • We Felt Bad About Making Fun of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Until He Attacked Transit Again (CBC)
    • The Best Buildings in Buffalo Are Illegal Now (Buffalo Rising)
    • Cities Around the World Test Use of Off-Peak Driving Incentives (Road Pricing)
    • Google Diverges From Apple, Adds Public Transit Data to Maps API (VentureBeat)
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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