July 21, 2006 | Headlines, Legislation, STB
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 21.) WASHINGTON — A bill in the U.S. Senate would encourage the Surface Transportation Board to curb anti-competitive railroad practices in Montana and other states. Senator Conrad Burns amended a...
June 7, 2006 | Amtrak, Headlines, Legislation
(Bloomberg News circulated the following article on June 7.) WASHINGTON — The House Appropriations Committee cut Amtrak’s federal financing for the next fiscal year by 31 percent, to $900 million. President Bush had requested the cut. The bill would...
June 7, 2006 | Amtrak, Headlines, Legislation
(Bloomberg News circulated the following article on June 7.) WASHINGTON — The House Appropriations Committee cut Amtrak’s federal financing for the next fiscal year by 31 percent, to $900 million. President Bush had requested the cut. The bill would...
March 20, 2006 | Headlines, Legislation
(The following article by Dustin Bleizeffer was posted on the Casper Star-Tribune website on March 18.) GILLETTE, Wyo. — For years, rural customers of Powder River Basin coal have complained that Union Pacific and BNSF Railway maintain a stranglehold on the...
March 20, 2006 | Headlines, Legislation
(The following article by Dustin Bleizeffer was posted on the Casper Star-Tribune website on March 18.) GILLETTE, Wyo. — For years, rural customers of Powder River Basin coal have complained that Union Pacific and BNSF Railway maintain a stranglehold on the...
February 15, 2006 | Headlines, Legislation
(The following story by James P. Miller appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on February 15.) CHICAGO –A controversial bill that would have created a $140 billion asbestos compensation fund failed a cliffhanger vote in the Senate Tuesday evening, dealing a...
February 15, 2006 | Headlines, Legislation
(The following story by James P. Miller appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on February 15.) CHICAGO –A controversial bill that would have created a $140 billion asbestos compensation fund failed a cliffhanger vote in the Senate Tuesday evening, dealing a...
February 15, 2006 | Headlines, Legislation
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on February 15.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A cliffhanger vote forced Senate leaders to shelve legislation for a $140 billion fund for asbestos victims, but its supporters said they will not give up. ”We have...
February 15, 2006 | Headlines, Legislation
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on February 15.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A cliffhanger vote forced Senate leaders to shelve legislation for a $140 billion fund for asbestos victims, but its supporters said they will not give up. ”We have...
February 8, 2006 | Headlines, Legislation
(The following article by Shailagh Murray was posted on the Washington Post website on February 8.) WASHINGTON — Legislation to settle tens of thousands of asbestos lawsuits cleared a major Senate hurdle yesterday, in a setback for Democratic foes and their...
