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Senate Defies Bush, Approves Highway Bill
AP ^ | 5/17/2005 | JIM ABRAMS,

Posted on 05/17/2005 12:36:07 PM PDT by katieanna

WASHINGTON - The Republican-controlled Senate brushed aside a presidential veto threat Tuesday and passed a $295 billion highway bill, arguing that massive spending on bigger and better roads was necessary to fight congestion and unsafe roadways.


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KEYWORDS: 109th; bush43; transportation; ussenate
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To: katieanna

Give me a V
Give me an E
Gime me a T
Give me an O


61 posted on 05/17/2005 1:22:32 PM PDT by NeoCaveman (Undie scammed the DUmmies, Undie scammed the DUmmies)
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To: Baynative

Yeah. I saw another one a while back that had a fold up rotor disk on it that would drive like a motorcycle on the ground.


63 posted on 05/17/2005 1:24:12 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (Never underestimate the will of the downtrodden to lie flatter.)
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To: katieanna

I think it would make more sense to have cut, or at least frozen, other spending to make funds for the highway bill available without an increase. Supporters of the bill are correct in saying that next to Defense it's Infrastructure that is most important to maintain.

Bush ought to have proposed (unpopular freezes or cuts), and Senate Republicans should have backed him up on it, making it a trade for the highway bill both parties in the Senate wanted to get.

Oh, sorry. That would've required Democrats to have behaved like educated, civilized representatives of the people. My bad.


64 posted on 05/17/2005 1:26:39 PM PDT by HowardDeanScream08
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To: mattdono
Maybe President Bush will finally use the veto.

Every time I get a telephone call from the RNC wanting a contribution, I say, "Fine, I'll give you $100 for every major spending bill Bush has vetoed. Now, how much do I owe you?"

66 posted on 05/17/2005 1:28:12 PM PDT by JoeGar
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To: ctlpdad
>I remember that, they drove a pile through a utility tunnel. Unnngh! Was that '94 or '95?

On April 13, 1992, water from the Chicago River poured into a breach in the 63 mile freight tunnel system that crisscrosses underneath the heart of the City of Chicago. That Monday morning the Chicago River started pouring into the tunnel system through bridge pilings driven into the tunnel near the Kinzie Street Bridge. A 20 foot wide hole broke into the roof of a tunnel 20 feet below the river bed and 50 feet below street level. More than 200 million gallons of water quickly began flooding the basements and electrical controls of over 300 buildings throughout the downtown area. An estimated 1.3 million people were evacuated from Chicago’s loop that morning. Chicago came to a standstill- the financial markets, the commodities markets, the banks and all major businesses were closed. ...

67 posted on 05/17/2005 1:28:38 PM PDT by theFIRMbss
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To: ARCADIA
Medicaid/farmaid/and wellfare recipients would say exactly the same thing...

None of the above are part of our INFRASTRUCTURE.

68 posted on 05/17/2005 1:32:24 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (Truth is a rare commodity. Seek it, know it and cherish it.)
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To: theFIRMbss

OK, I was off on the dates. I am getting old faster than I thought!


69 posted on 05/17/2005 1:32:43 PM PDT by ctlpdad
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To: ARCADIA

I mentioned an entire industry of hard working professionals doing work in exchange for compensation and providing a service to the travelling public, not a bunch of freeloading scumbags.

What industry are you in?


70 posted on 05/17/2005 1:34:50 PM PDT by ctlpdad
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To: La Enchiladita

Take my word for it; the social infrastructure is just as important to its constituency (hospitals, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, farmers,) as the physical infrastructure is to our construction guys. There is always a plausible excuse to spend money. BTW, I thought the national highways were part of the defense infrastructure. I guess the tanks will be rolling up those bike paths any day now.


71 posted on 05/17/2005 1:37:06 PM PDT by ARCADIA (Abuse of power comes as no surprise)
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To: Know your rights
Your personal benefit was the first thing you mentioned.

So that makes me a liberal? Besdies, I mentioned the industry as a whole, not just me personally.

72 posted on 05/17/2005 1:38:53 PM PDT by ctlpdad
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To: katieanna

Bush has not used his veto power since he came into office. He obviously likes to be seen as someone who gets along with people.

But I don't think he can afford not to veto this bill unless they cut out most of the excess spending. Once he raised the threat he really put his credibility on the line. Especially since, as previous comments on this thread indicate, he has a considerable reputation among conservatives as a big spender.


73 posted on 05/17/2005 1:40:12 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: La Enchiladita

Hey, who knows? This may turn out as well as that fiscally responsible little road project in Boston!


74 posted on 05/17/2005 1:46:05 PM PDT by Maria S
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To: Maria S

I guess Democrats are not the only doom and gloomers.


75 posted on 05/17/2005 1:49:55 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (Truth is a rare commodity. Seek it, know it and cherish it.)
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To: ctlpdad

Rt 495 bridge, Lawrence Massachusetts


76 posted on 05/17/2005 1:51:58 PM PDT by rhombus
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To: ctlpdad
I thought you might enjoy this unique definition of infrastructure:

71 posted on 05/17/2005 1:37:06 PM PDT by ARCADIA (Abuse of power comes as no surprise): "Take my word for it; the social infrastructure is just as important to its constituency (hospitals, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, farmers,) as the physical infrastructure is to our construction guys. There is always a plausible excuse to spend money. BTW, I thought the national highways were part of the defense infrastructure. I guess the tanks will be rolling up those bike paths any day now."

77 posted on 05/17/2005 1:55:12 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (Truth is a rare commodity. Seek it, know it and cherish it.)
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To: rhombus

OK, I haven't been that way in a while. I wouldn't know what the holdup was.

Here in CT, we had a bridge on I-91 tht was held up for quite some time because the DOT wouldn't issue a transport permit for the new bridge beams to be used in a DOT project. Sometimes the oversight is amazingly stupid.


78 posted on 05/17/2005 1:56:53 PM PDT by ctlpdad
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To: La Enchiladita

I noticed that tidbit and knew right then & there it was absolutely not worth trying to have a logical conversation with that kind of idiocy.


79 posted on 05/17/2005 1:58:33 PM PDT by ctlpdad
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To: ctlpdad

Agreed. Made no sense to me either.


80 posted on 05/17/2005 2:32:35 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (Truth is a rare commodity. Seek it, know it and cherish it.)
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