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8:49 AM EDT on July 9, 2015

    • McConnell Dashes All Hopes: No Long-Term Bill, No Gas Tax Hike, Hello Extension (WaPo, Politico)
    • Obama's "Patience Is Running Low," Could Veto Extension (The Hill)
    • "We Made This Easy For You; Just Pass the Bill We Wrote," Foxx Tells Congress (The Hill)
    • Top Finance Committee Members Introduce Plan to Fund Transpo With Corporate Tax Reform (WaPo)
    • Mid City San Diego Gets First Freeway-Level Transit Stations (NBC)
    • Living in a Compact City Won't Make You Thin If You Keep Driving to Work (PLOS)
    • The Idaho Stop Now Wants to Be Called the Paris Stop (BBC)
    • Ford Focuses on the (Car-Lite) Future of Mobility, Expands Silicon Valley Presence (Wards Auto)
    • Well, That's One Way to Protest a Highway [NSFW] (NLTimes)

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