Open Congress : News Articles for S.294 Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 20082008-02-06T19:00:00Zopencongress.orgtag:opencongress.org,2007:/bill/news/40131Should Amtrak receive more federal funding?tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-06:/commentary/16149232008-02-06T19:00:00ZHelium, MA
Another way is to support S.294, The Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act, which passed the Senate and is now in the House. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.helium.com/debates/sbs/66211-should-amtrak-receive-federal">Go to article</a> We need to keep trains on the plainstag:opencongress.org,2007-11-12:/commentary/13834352007-11-12T19:00:00ZYork News Times (subscription), NE
A bipartisan bill, S. 294, the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2007, passed the Senate in October with an objective to improve the overall ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.yorknewstimes.com/stories/111407/editorial_trainsplains.shtml">Go to article</a> Nebraska Amtrack Service Under Attacktag:opencongress.org,2007-10-30:/commentary/13004182007-10-30T20:00:00ZSouthwest Nebraska News, NE
Nebraska’s Senator Ben Nelson applauded the passage of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2007 (S. 294). “Particularly for rural states ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.swnebr.net/newspaper/cgi-bin/articles/articlearchiver.pl?162359">Go to article</a> Senate signs off on long-term Amtrak funding billtag:opencongress.org,2007-10-30:/commentary/13004172007-10-30T20:00:00ZProgressive Rail Roading, WI
Yesterday, the Senate passed the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2007 (S. 294) by a 70-22 vote. The bill would authorize billions of ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.progressiverailroading.com/freightnews/article.asp?id=11631">Go to article</a> Senate defeats amendment against Amtrak subsidiestag:opencongress.org,2007-10-25:/commentary/12808032007-10-25T20:00:00ZBizjournals.com, NC
John Sununu, R-NH, to the Passenger Rail Investment Improvement Act of 2007 (S. 294). The bill reauthorizes $11.4 billion over the next six years for ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/stories/2007/10/22/daily30.html">Go to article</a> Midwest States Rail Project Would Create 57000 Jobs, Generate ...tag:opencongress.org,2007-04-24:/commentary/6169192007-04-24T20:00:00ZExecutive Intelligence Review (EIR), VA
But, on April 25, a bipartisan Federal bill, S. 294, known as the Lautenberg-Lott rail bill will be voted on in the Senate Commerce, ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.larouchepub.com/pr/2007/070424mw_hispeedrail.html">Go to article</a> Rob Zaleski: Commuter rail hopes tied to Bush vetotag:opencongress.org,2007-04-01:/commentary/6169202007-04-01T20:00:00ZThe Capital Times, WI
As noted here before, the most significant thing about S.294 is that it would fund passenger rail in an 80-20 federal-state partnership, similar to the ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.madison.com/tct/news/index.php?ntid=127469&amp;ntpid=1">Go to article</a> Passenger rail service may start a comebacktag:opencongress.org,2007-01-23:/commentary/2948042007-01-23T19:00:00ZMid Columbia Tri City Herald, WA
The act is this year's version (S. 294) of last year's attempt (S. 1516) to find and fund ways to improve the rail transportation system in the United ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/opinions/story/8585809p-8478897c.html">Go to article</a> Amtrak would connect Madison, Milwaukeetag:opencongress.org,2007-01-20:/commentary/2948032007-01-20T19:00:00ZUWM Post, WI
The Milwaukee to Madison High Speed Rail initiative relies on S.294, a bill proposed by US Sens. Frank Lautenberg and Trent Lott last week, asking for $12 ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.uwmpost.com/article/c58b6a050fd26593011047957144002d">Go to article</a>