Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Only the Bridges are Gone
From Salon:
"Mandatory funding for the bridges was written into the 2006 federal transportation bill back in August, but by mid-November, after considerable outcry, Republicans on an appropriations subcommittee in the House stripped the funding for the bridges from the $286 billion bill. It was an attempt to kill the bridge plan -- and the embarrassing publicity it had attracted for a party that boasts of fiscal responsibility. Recent articles in the New York Times and USA Today referred to the move as a compromise. But that looks like a generous assessment: While Alaska is no longer required to spend the money on the bridges, it will still receive all of it (part of the $2.5 billion total awarded to the state in the bill), and can still build the two bridges if the state Legislature so decides.:
(http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/11/23/alaska_bridges/)
"Mandatory funding for the bridges was written into the 2006 federal transportation bill back in August, but by mid-November, after considerable outcry, Republicans on an appropriations subcommittee in the House stripped the funding for the bridges from the $286 billion bill. It was an attempt to kill the bridge plan -- and the embarrassing publicity it had attracted for a party that boasts of fiscal responsibility. Recent articles in the New York Times and USA Today referred to the move as a compromise. But that looks like a generous assessment: While Alaska is no longer required to spend the money on the bridges, it will still receive all of it (part of the $2.5 billion total awarded to the state in the bill), and can still build the two bridges if the state Legislature so decides.:
(http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/11/23/alaska_bridges/)
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