Today’s Headlines
Majority Leader Eric Cantor Loses Primary to Tea-Party Nobody (WaPo) Obama: Congress Did Bipartisan Work on Water Bill. Now Do It for Transportation (The Hill) AAA Endorses 12-Cent Gas Tax Hike (CBS) Harry Reid Throws the Ball to Ron Wyden on Transpo Funding (Roll Call) U.S. DOT Chief Foxx Says Administration Will Consider All Options … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:40 AM EDT on June 11, 2014
- Majority Leader Eric Cantor Loses Primary to Tea-Party Nobody (WaPo)
- Obama: Congress Did Bipartisan Work on Water Bill. Now Do It for Transportation (The Hill)
- AAA Endorses 12-Cent Gas Tax Hike (CBS)
- Harry Reid Throws the Ball to Ron Wyden on Transpo Funding (Roll Call)
- U.S. DOT Chief Foxx Says Administration Will Consider All Options — Even Post Office Scheme (The Hill)
- Road Lobby Arrives in DC to Push for Funding Fix (For Construction Pros)
- Will Ridescout Revolutionize Transportation? (GovTech)
- SEPTA Strike Could Paralyze Transit in Philadelphia Suburbs (Reuters)
- 21 Young People Arrested in Protest for Low-Cost Transit Access in Boston (Boston.com)
- What the Multi-Family Housing Boom Is Really About (CityLab)
Tanya became Streetsblog's Capitol Hill editor in September 2010 after covering Congress for Pacifica Radios 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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