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Date: 05/13/15 17:06
WSJ article - Amtrak funds cut in House
Author: rrpreservation

I didn't see this on the news. Most information has been about the derailment. This vote occurred at a bad time!


http://www.wsj.com/articles/house-panel-approves-transportation-bill-that-would-cut-amtrak-funding-1431552098

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Date: 05/13/15 19:23
Re: WSJ article - Amtrak funds cut in House
Author: ProAmtrak

Oh no, here come the Doom and Gloom Crowd!

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Date: 05/14/15 08:22
Re: WSJ article - Amtrak funds cut in House
Author: randgust

Just the facts.    The names of the House Appropriations Committee that voted to cut the budget (party line vote, remember)
Source http://appropriations.house.gov/about/members/    Republicans
  • Harold Rogers, Kentucky, Chairman
  • Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, New Jersey
  • Robert B. Aderholt, Alabama
  • Kay Granger, Texas
  • Michael K. Simpson, Idaho
  • John Abney Culberson, Texas
  • Ander Crenshaw, Florida
  • John R. Carter, Texas
  • Ken Calvert, California
  • Tom Cole, Oklahoma
  • Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida
  • Charles W. Dent, Pennsylvania
  • Tom Graves, Georgia
  • Kevin Yoder, Kansas
  • Steve Womack, Arkansas
  • Jeff Fortenberry, Nebraska
  • Tom Rooney, Florida
  • Chuck Fleischmann, Tennessee
  • Jaime Herrera Beutler, Washington
  • David Joyce, Ohio
  • David Valadao, California
  • Andy Harris, MD, Maryland
  • Martha Roby, Alabama
  • Mark Amodei, Nevada
  • Chris Stewart, Utah
  • Scott Rigell, Virginia
  • David Jolly, Florida
  • David Young, Iowa
  • Evan Jenkins, West Virginia
  • Steven Palazzo, Mississippi

 

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Date: 05/14/15 15:35
Re: WSJ article - Amtrak funds cut in House
Author: ProAmtrak

Yeah idiots who always say we got a transportation problem, cut Amtrak and eleminate it and the transportation problem gets worse!

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Date: 05/15/15 07:47
Re: WSJ article - Amtrak funds cut in House
Author: HardYellow

There are NEVER any cuts. Read about "Baseline Budgeting."

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