Transcript: REPUBLICANS VOICE NUMEROUS CONCERNS OVER R&D TITLE IN HIGHWAY BILL

Article: Bush Vows to Veto Highway Bill
Human Events;  February 23, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... requested $256 billion for the six-year highway bill. That amounted to a generous 21% increase over the previous 1998 highway bill. The House is now considering its own version of the highway bill, which is bigger even than the Senate ...

Article: Graves Says Highway Bill, Tolls, Among ATA Goals
Transport Topics;  June 13, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Congress for swift passage of a multiyear highway bill, preventing the spread of tolls on ... driver work-hour rules included in the highway bill, and he said ATA was pushing Congress ... transportation issues. The House passed a highway bill in March and the Senate passed its version ...

Article: SENATE OK'S HIGHWAY BILL; VETO LIKELY
The Boston Globe;  March 20, 1987 ;     700+ words ... ... multibillion-dollar, five-year federal highway bill funding Boston's Central Artery ... maneuvers in the House and Senate over the highway bill. Although originally part of the Senate ... speed resolution the Senate's original highway bill, minus the demonstration projects ...

Article: Senate highway bill gives R.I. a boost.
Providence Journal (Providence, RI);  May 19, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... transit under a six-year $295-billion highway bill that passed the Senate this week ... news release that a portion of the new highway bill's money would help pay for the construction ... Chafee disputes the charge that the highway bill uses budget gimmicks. Some of the nine ...

Article: SEN. COLEMAN SECURES PROVISION TO 2005 HIGHWAY BILL ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 7, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... 2005 (SAFETEA-LU), also known as the 2005 Highway Bill. The 2005 Highway Bill provides $286.5 billion over five years to ... projects secured by Sen. Coleman in the 2005 Highway Bill to ensure that they can be carried out as planned ...

Article: Durbin says highway bill a top priority
Naperville Sun, The (IL);  January 16, 2005 ;     660 words ... ... Getting some form of the federal highway bill passed in Congress and signed by the ... Senate passed their own versions of the highway bill that outlines how federal transportation ... of social programs, which means the highway bill could get lost in the shuffle or receive ...

Transcript: SENATE PASSES HIGHWAY BILL CO-AUTHORED BY ...
Capitol Hill Press Releases;  May 17, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... For Immediate Release: Senate Passes Highway Bill Co-Authored By Jeffords Boosting Vt ... The U.S. Senate today passed a highway bill co- authored by U.S. Sen. Jim Jeffords ... Statement of Senator Jim Jeffords Highway Bill May 17, 2005 Mr. President, as we ...