Posts tagged Jim Webb
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Breakfast links: Everybody chips in
Taxing food trucks; Leggett’s budget rankles everybody; Angels take a hit; Live chat with George Hawkins; Baker’s balancing act; Real estate change hits local retail; Are intercity buses safe enough?; Urban rail safety bill back; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The cost of roads
Virginia borrow-for-roads bill advances; Maryland may increase tolls; Northern Virginia grows quickly; How did the candidates do?; Adams Morgan streetscape project starts soon; Metro stations, long ago; Convention Center hotel construction closes sidewalk; Social Security chooses suburban location for new center; And…. Keep reading…
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Webb frustrated by congestion, tour buses on the Mall
For a letter that at first blush sounds like it’s saying “the Mall should be more of a high-speed freeway for my chauffeured SUV to the Capitol,” Senator Jim Webb’s letter to Mayor Fenty and the National Park Service is actually quite reasonable. Webb is frustrated that illegally-parked tour buses on the Mall create traffic congestion, and writes,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Government keeping you down
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Senate “cutters” adding spending they like, removing programs they don’t
Senators Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Susan Collins (R-ME) are leading a small group of centrist Senators which, reportedly, is trying to cut the stimulus by about $100 billion. Supposedly, they feel the stimulus is too large. But according to a memo obtained by The Plum Line, they’re also adding in some items as well. Keep reading…