John Burgess Everett
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Will GOP Senators Acknowledge the Fiscal Sense of Livable Communities?
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Last week, the Livable Communities Act cleared the Senate Banking Committee, a milestone for legislation that would fund local efforts to plan for growth while curbing sprawl. But the 12-10 party line vote raised the prospect that the bill might also encounter unified Republican opposition in the full Senate, where the threat of a filibuster […]
Environmentalists, Transpo Reformers Brace for Scaled-Back Energy Bill
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"We know we don’t have the votes." With those seven words last Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid dashed hopes for a comprehensive climate bill. Prospects also dimmed for a transportation component in the final energy legislation that emerges from the Senate. Reid is expected to announce that plan later today. Harry Reid indicated last […]