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Article: Dozers Descend On Capitol Hill.
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- Economics Week
- Article date:
- November 13, 2009
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A large caravan of bulldozers and other construction equipment displaying huge banners paraded through the streets of Washington today to send a message to lawmakers that they must act now to stop the job bleeding in the construction equipment industry. Start Us Up USA! campaign organizers, joined by House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chairman Jim Oberstar (D-MN) and other allies, also staged a rally on the National Mall against a backdrop of idle construction equipment and a sea of orange flags to emphasize the 550,000 jobs lost in this industry and encourage the federal government not to delay enactment of multi-year highway legislation.
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