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AASHTO Urges Congress to work on multi-year highway bill.
2015-08-04 14:31:09| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) was grateful that Congress approved 3-month extension of funding for Highway Trust Fund and urged House to follow Senate’s lead in approving multi-year authorization. Due to expire October 29, short-term patch provides $8 billion from general fund to prevent immediate shutdown of Highway Trust Fund. This marks third time in 10 months Congress kept Highway Trust Fund solvent via passage of short-term extension.
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Congress busy after August recess
2015-08-03 18:48:00| National Hog Farmer
By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, D.C. Congress will have a full docket of business upon its return from the August recess. read more
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Did Congress just make it easier for auto dealers to discriminate against you?
2015-08-01 14:21:40| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which is charged with looking out for consumers when it comes to all things financial, has just found itself in trouble with Congress after it began looking at what it said were disparities between minorities and non-minorities when it comes to auto finance transactions. The 2016 Cadillac CTS-V sedan is big and fast, and also benefits from an upgrade to the dashboard processor.
NASAs upcoming SLS could launch missions to Europa if Congress ever lets it get off the ground
2015-07-31 17:00:18| Extremetech
NASA met with Congress this week to pitch a major mission to Europa, but long-term funding for the project and the future of the next-generation Space Launch System remains in doubt.
Defense Department to Congress: Global warming is a 'present security threat'
2015-07-30 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: For the first time, the U.S. Department of Defense has detailed what it views as its greatest challenges related to climate change. In a report to Congress, the Defense Department said that global warming poses a "present security threat, not strictly a long-term risk." See also: Global warming helped trigger Syria's civil war The report, delivered to the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday and publicly released Wednesday, further stated the Defense Department is "already observing...
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