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Despite bipartisan support and consensus among a diverse array of interest groups that included labor, business, highway builders, transit riders, environmentalists and groups representing elderly and disabled people, the Legislature was unable to pass a funding measure before calling it quits for the summer. By all indications, the transportation bill got sideswiped by politics. House Democrats accused Republicans of shortchanging public transit in the final bill, while GOP lawmakers charged Democrats with sabotaging it to undermine the political agenda of Republican Gov. Tom Corbett. Read more: post-gazette/stories/news/transportation/pennsylvania-legislature-fails-to-act-on-transportation-funding-693898/#ixzz2XvOnCUKE
Posted on: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 21:10:25 +0000

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