H.R.6003 - Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008

To reauthorize Amtrak, and for other purposes. view all titles (4)

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  • Official: To reauthorize Amtrak, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 as reported to house.
  • Short: Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 as passed house.
  • Short: Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 as introduced.

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06/17/08
Cubin votes against Amtrak bailout...

Washington, DC—Congresswoman Barbara Cubin (R-WY) today voted against the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (HR 600...

Source: Little Chicago Review, IL
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06/16/08
Amtrak could return to Crestview

The Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act (HR 6003) was approved last week by a vote of 311 to 104, with 224 Democrats and 87 Rep...

Source: The Northwest Florida Daily News, FL
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06/15/08
Amtrak funding good news for state...

The House bill is HR 6003, known as the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act. The Senate approved a similar bill last fall, wit...

Source: Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com, MI
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06/15/08
Global warming: God or man made?

Amtrak has its friends in Congress, and bill HR 6003, sponsored by Rep. Corrine Brown of Florida and Rep. Gene Taylor of Mississippi and ...

Source: Pensacola News Journal, FL
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06/11/08
House passes Amtrak funding bill W...

... about half the increase can be attributed to gas prices. (The bill is HR 6003. On the Net: Congress: http://thomas. Loc.gov/Amtrak: ...

Source: The Havre Daily News, MT
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06/11/08
Jim Moran's News Commentary

Tom Davis plans to offer an amendment to the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act (HR 6003), mirroring a bill he previously intr...

Source: Falls Church News Press, VA
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06/11/08
Amtrak bill

The Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act (HR 6003) would require Amtrak to submit a plan to Congress for restoring the service. ...

Source: EmeraldCoast.com, FL
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06/11/08
Amtrak bill calls for plan on Nort...

Allen Boyd, D-North Florida, who supports HR 6003. "This legislation will get the ball rolling on ways to restore this service that will ...

Source: Tallahassee.com, FL
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06/11/08
House signs off on Amtrak, high-sp...

Yesterday, the House approved the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (HR 6003) by a 311-104 vote. The bipartisan legis...

Source: Progressive Rail Roading, WI
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06/10/08
Cumberland Times-News

HR 6003 to authorize the new five-year funding is to come before the full House soon. Congress should work with the White House to resolv...

Source: Cumberland Times-News, MD
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Blog Coverage

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07/28/10
H.R.6003: To provide for the estab...

"H.R.6003 -- National Fab Lab Network Act of 2010 (Introduced in House - IH) by Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL14]" http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/...

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04/20/09
It's Not Where You Go, its How You...

The United States has one of the lowest rail usages in the world. Considering the sad state in which our economy and our planet currently...

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01/05/09
Transport Source: Amtrak and America

In June, the House passed H.R. 6003, a bill that would provide $15 billion for passenger rail over the next five years, including a modes...

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12/19/08
Ontario economic advisers know tha...

newsweek.com/id/175681/ou… cahsr.blogspot.com · thetransportpolitic.wordp… wordpress.com/tag/hr-6003 · frwebgate3.access.gpo.gov… m...

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12/16/08
LaHood to be Named Secretary of Tr...

LaHood to be Named Secretary of Transportation. December 18, 2008 by Eric. lahood. According to the Washington Post, President-Elect Obam...

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12/16/08
Streetsblog » Transpo Sec Rumor M...

Transpo Sec Rumor Mill: Rep. Ray LaHood the Leading Candidate. by Ben Fried on December 17, 2008. lahood.jpg Photo: Wikipedia · The Hill ...

Source: Streetsblog
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12/16/08
Streetsblog » Transpo Sec Rumor M...

Transpo Sec Rumor Mill: Rep. Ray LaHood the Leading Candidate. by Ben Fried on December 17, 2008. lahood.jpg Photo: Wikipedia · The Hill ...

Source: Streetsblog
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12/16/08
Obama’s Secretary of Transportat...

by John Jensen December 17, 2008 at 11:17 am. lahood151 The Hill is reporting Obama’s Secretary of Transportation may be moderate Repub...

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11/30/08
Conservative Donnybrook » Blog Ar...

HR 6003 Cantor voted to throw more money at the bottomless pit known as Amtrak. That only cost us $15830000000 and left us with trains th...

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11/20/08
Mica to brief high-speed rail stak...

Originally proposed as the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 H.R. 6003, the legislation — introduced earlier this y...

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