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Article: REP. BRALEY INTRODUCES BILL BOOSTING PROSPECTS OF RAIL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DUBUQUE, QUAD CITIES, CHICAGO

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May 8, 2008
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Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa (1st CD), has issued the following news release:

Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa) today introduced the 2008 Amtrak Reauthorization Bill with House Transportation Committee Chairman Jim Oberstar (D-Minn.) and other members of the Transportation Committee.

Braley is an original cosponsor of the bill, which includes language to create a new, $500 million per year "State Capital Grant Program." The program would award federal grants to states to pay for the construction of new passenger rail service between US cities. Projects that could apply for funding under this program include proposed passenger rail service between Chicago and the Quad Cities, the Quad Cities and Des ...

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