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Think Progress- CBO: Boehner’s Mass Transit Funding Plan Would Cover Just 5 Percent of Transit CostsCongress is currently working to re-authorize a big transportation funding bill, but Republicans have imperiled the process by proposing to stop using revenue from the fuel tax to pay for mass transit, instead restricting it to just highway spending. As an alternative, the GOP wants to make a one-time $40 billion allotment for mass transit. […]
- Bombshell Study: High Methane Emissions Measured Over Gas Field “May Offset Climate Benefits of Natural Gas”Air sampling by NOAA over Colorado Finds 4% Methane Leakage, More Than Double Industry Claims Natural-gas operations could release far more methane into the atmosphere than previously thought. [Source: Nature] How much methane leaks during the entire lifecycle of unconventional gas has emerged as a key question in the fracking debate. Natural gas is mostly […]
- Washington House Passes Marriage Equality 55-43After defeating multiple amendments designed to derail the bill — including one that would require a referendum — the Washington state House of Representative has passed marriage equality with a vote of 55-43. The bill now goes to Gov. Chris Gregoire (D), who has promised to sign it. Opponents of marriage equality have already promised to challenge […]
- Democrats Successfully Kill Voter ID Legislation In New MexicoA bill that would require all New Mexico voters to present certain forms of photo identification or be barred from voting died in committee today. The legislation was voted down along party lines — three Democrats opposed, two Republicans supported — in the House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee. Though this was the fourth time […]
- ReDigi, iTunes, And The Legal Fight Over First Sale And Digital ContentIt’ll be very interesting to see the result of a lawsuit currently brewing in federal court that is trying to shut down ReDigi (a judge backed the service, but an appeal seems likely), a service that will let you resell music you purchased from iTunes after taking quite comprehensive efforts to keep owners from having […]
- CBO: Boehner’s Mass Transit Funding Plan Would Cover Just 5 Percent of Transit Costs
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- Arc: Melo saves No. 2 Syracuse against Georgetown
- No. 7 Kansas crushes No. 6 Baylor on road
- No. 11 Michigan State handles Penn St.
- No. 15 Florida State falls to Boston College 64-60
- No. 2 Syracuse survives OT thriller vs. Georgetown
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Re: McConnell Open To Talks On Bush Tax Cuts Compromise
Don Stewart is Senator Mitch McConnell’s (R) communications director. First of all, the Bush tax cuts were forced down our throats when the Republicans used the reconciliation process to override a possible Democratic filibuster. (Dems won’t do the same to the Republicans because they have no balls.) These were cuts that were not paid for and added billions to our national debt. Secondly, letting the tax cuts expire under the current Democratic plan will only affect people who make over 250,000 dollars per year.
It is time that we speak up and stop letting them get away with lying to the middle class Americans.