Today’s Headlines
McConnell and Boxer Release Bill Just in Time to Get It Shot Down — For Now (National Journal, Politico) Bill Proposes Selling Oil From Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Assumes 90% Rise in Oil Prices (The Hill) Here Are the Other Pay-Fors in the McConnell-Boxer Bill (The Hill) Foxx: Failure to Build Tunnel Under the Hudson “Almost … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:53 AM EDT on July 22, 2015
- McConnell and Boxer Release Bill Just in Time to Get It Shot Down — For Now (National Journal, Politico)
- Bill Proposes Selling Oil From Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Assumes 90% Rise in Oil Prices (The Hill)
- Here Are the Other Pay-Fors in the McConnell-Boxer Bill (The Hill)
- Foxx: Failure to Build Tunnel Under the Hudson “Almost Criminal” (Capital New York)
- Maryland Officials Searching for a Lower-Cost Alternative to the Red Line (WBAL)
- Rhode Island Gov Ousts Top Transportation Officials (AP)
- Flooding Reveals Vulnerabilities in California Bridges (AP)
- Motor City Has 170 Miles of Bike Lanes (Model D)
- The Suburban Office Park Is Joining the Shopping Mall in the Junk Heap of Architectural History (WaPo)
- Low-Density Zoning Makes Public Education an Asset of the Wealthy (District Measured, Vox)
- Mileage-Based User Fees Won’t Work If You Don’t Plan for Inflation (Tax Justice)
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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