U.S. bill killing Transportation Enhancements set for House vote today

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U.S. bill killing Transportation Enhancements set for House vote today

June 29, 2012 Federal Funding No Digest 0

By Joan Lowy
Friday, June 29, 3:01AM
Associated Press

WASHINGTON – Republican leaders pushed a sweeping highways-student loans package salvaging millions of construction jobs*** and maintaining low interest rates on millions of new college loans toward a House vote Friday even as conservative groups mounted a last-minute and likely futile campaign against it.

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***Poster’s note: In fact, the bill being voted on today may actually end up losing jobs overall compared to a straightforward 6 month extension of current law.

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