Conservatives home in on 'ObamaRail'
By Keith Laing - 03/26/11 04:32 PM ET
"ObamaRail" is fast becoming the new "ObamaCare" for many Republicans.
Conservative activists are deriding the high-speed rail proposals set out by President Obama in his State of the Union address and 2012 budget as wasteful spending that imposes new mandates on cash-strapped state governments.
....Millar noted that the federal push for high-speed rail began when President George W. Bush signed the Passenger Rail Investment Act, not when President Obama talked it up in his first State of the Union address.
"Republicans have a long history of supporting infrastructure projects," he said. "I hope that doesn't change."
READ MORE AT:
http://thehill.com/blogs/transportation-report/railroads/152019-on-the-heels-of-obamacare-conservative-critics-target-obamarail
By Keith Laing - 03/26/11 04:32 PM ET
"ObamaRail" is fast becoming the new "ObamaCare" for many Republicans.
Conservative activists are deriding the high-speed rail proposals set out by President Obama in his State of the Union address and 2012 budget as wasteful spending that imposes new mandates on cash-strapped state governments.
....Millar noted that the federal push for high-speed rail began when President George W. Bush signed the Passenger Rail Investment Act, not when President Obama talked it up in his first State of the Union address.
"Republicans have a long history of supporting infrastructure projects," he said. "I hope that doesn't change."
READ MORE AT:
http://thehill.com/blogs/transportation-report/railroads/152019-on-the-heels-of-obamacare-conservative-critics-target-obamarail
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Executive Director
All Aboard Ohio
12029 Clifton Blvd., Suite 505
Cleveland, OH 44107
(216) 288-4883
kenprendergast@allaboardohio.org
www.allaboardohio.org
