March 2, 2007 | Headlines, Legislation
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 2.) WASHINGTON — Democrats rewarded organized labor Thursday for helping them retake control of Congress, passing a House bill that would make it easier for workers to start unions against...
March 2, 2007 | Headlines, Legislation
(Reuters circulated the following article on March 2.) WASHINGTON — Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday unveiled a bill that would spend about $15 billion to double U.S. automobile fuel efficiency, expand ethanol distribution and build...
February 28, 2007 | Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Security
(Bloomberg News circulated the following article by William Roberts on February 27.) WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush may veto legislation to adopt many of the remaining recommendations of the Sept. 11 Commission unless Senate Democrats drop a plan to allow...
February 28, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines, Legislation
(The following article by Jennifer A. Dlouhy was posted on the Albany Times-Union website on February 28.) WASHINGTON — The Bush administration on Tuesday blasted a plan by a group of rail-riding senators to overhaul Amtrak and give the passenger railroad an...
February 28, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines, Legislation
(The following article by Herb Jackson was posted on the Bergen Record website on February 28.) WASHINGTON — Railroads dominated Sen. Frank Lautenberg’s return from a weeklong congressional recess Tuesday as he presided at a hearing on providing $19 billion for...
February 20, 2007 | Headlines, Legislation
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Frederic J. Frommer on February 17.) WASHINGTON — Senate and House members from Minnesota introduced legislation Friday that would require congressional approval before the Department of Transportation...
February 20, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines, Legislation
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 20.) WASHINGTON — Amtrak officials say they need money for infrastructure improvements. The national passenger railroad says some of its proposed improvements are along its heavily traveled...
February 1, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines, Legislation
(Reuters circulated the following article by Richard Cowan on January 31.) WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a $463.5 billion funding bill to keep the government running this year, while adding money to care for veterans...
January 30, 2007 | Headlines, Legislation
(The following article by Brian Liberatore was posted on the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin website on January 30.) BINGHAMPTON, N.Y. — With aging railroad infrastructure apparent in the Southern Tier and across the country, Sen. Charles E. Schumer,...
January 16, 2007 | Amtrak, Headlines, Legislation
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on January 15.) WASHINGTON — The Pacific Surfliner, running from San Luis Obispo, Calif., down the coast to San Diego, is Amtrak’s second-most popular route, with nearly 2.7 million passengers last year. But...
