S.294 - Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008

A bill to reauthorize Amtrak, and for other purposes. view all titles (6)

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  • Short: Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 as passed house.
  • Official: A bill to reauthorize Amtrak, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Surface Transportation and Rail Security Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2007 as reported to senate.
  • Short: Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2007 as passed senate.

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02/05/11
S.294: Foundations for Success Act of 2011 - U.S. Congress ...

U.S. Congress ... Official government data, breaking news and blog coverage, public comments and user community for S.294 A bill to enhance early care and education. Source: opencongress.org ...

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01/05/09
Transport Source: Amtrak and America

In 2007, the Senate passed a similar bill, S. 294: Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act. Those bills now have to be worked out in conference. The House bill would establish a $2.5 billion capital fund to provide ...

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12/25/08
Chuck's Viewpoint: There is a light at the end of the tunnel.

Phoenix is Growing Up · Light Rail Needed · Today is Tax Day · Rutgers Team Forgives Imus · Imus Is Forgiven · S. 294 The Passenger Rail Investment and Improveme... ► February (2) ...

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12/25/08
Chuck's Viewpoint: 2008 Christmas in Phoenix

Phoenix is Growing Up · Light Rail Needed · Today is Tax Day · Rutgers Team Forgives Imus · Imus Is Forgiven · S. 294 The Passenger Rail Investment and Improveme... ► February (2). Response to Senator Gould re: light

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12/23/08
romanistik.de - Homepage: 8. Deutscher Lusitanistentag ...

... Processes and Linguistic Repertoires in Africa and Europe: Some Comparative Remarks», in: Auer, P. / Luzio, A. di (Hrsg.) (1988): Variation and Convergence: Studies in Social Dialectology, Berlin; New York: de Gruyter, S. 294-320. ...

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12/21/08
Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für Schleswig-Holsteinische ...

(Annette Göhres, S. 294-296). Wolfgang Prange, Der Wandel des Bekenntnisses im Lübecker Domkapitel : 1530-1600. Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild, 2007. 188 S. (Veröffentlichungen zur Geschichte der Hansestadt Lübeck : Reihe B; 44). ...

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12/21/08
romanistik.de - Homepage: 8. Deutscher Lusitanistentag ...

... Linguistic Repertoires in Africa and Europe: Some Comparative Remarks», in: Auer, P. / Luzio, A. di (Hrsg.) (1988): Variation and Convergence: Studies in Social Dialectology, Berlin; New York: de Gruyter, S. 294-320. ...

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12/21/08
Chuck's Viewpoint: Kerr, Porter must go

Phoenix is Growing Up · Light Rail Needed · Today is Tax Day · Rutgers Team Forgives Imus · Imus Is Forgiven · S. 294 The Passenger Rail Investment and Improveme... ► February (2). Response to Senator Gould re: light

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12/20/08
Chuck's Viewpoint: My Favorite Performances

Phoenix is Growing Up · Light Rail Needed · Today is Tax Day · Rutgers Team Forgives Imus · Imus Is Forgiven · S. 294 The Passenger Rail Investment and Improveme... ► February (2). Response to Senator Gould re: light

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12/19/08
romanistik.de - Homepage: 8. Deutscher Lusitanistentag ...

... Processes and Linguistic Repertoires in Africa and Europe: Some Comparative Remarks», in: Auer, P. / Luzio, A. di (Hrsg.) (1988): Variation and Convergence: Studies in Social Dialectology, Berlin; New York: de Gruyter, S. 294-320. ...

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12/18/08
Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für Schleswig-Holsteinische ...

(Annette Göhres, S. 294-296). Wolfgang Prange, Der Wandel des Bekenntnisses im Lübecker Domkapitel : 1530-1600. Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild, 2007. 188 S. (Veröffentlichungen zur Geschichte der Hansestadt Lübeck : Reihe B; 44). ...

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12/16/08
مقالات ادبي: اسطوره هاي سكايي در داستانهاي رستم

8 This similarity had been already marked: Tolstov (1948), S. 294, 295; Raevsky (1977), S. 33. 9 The interpretation of this text is in: Tolstoy (1966), S. 234235. 10 All these moments of the Scythian genealogical legend are convincingly ...

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12/01/08
“Unsere Demokratie - heute und morgen” « Karmelblume

... die sie verfolgt, und der Mittel, deren sie sich bedient” (Johannes Paul II., Enz. Evangelium vitae, 70). Aus: Päpstlicher Rat für Gerechtigkeit und Frieden, Kompendium der Soziallehre der Kirche, Freiburg-Basel-Wien 2006, S. 294 ...

Source: Karmelblume
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11/18/08
LINKEZEITUNG.DE - Die Arbeiterräte in der Novemberrevolution 1918 ...

[7] Scheidemann, Philipp, Memoiren eines Sozialdemokraten, Dresden 1928, Bd. 2, S. 294. [8] Die ersten Tage der Novemberrevolution in Berlin, (Beiträge zur Geschichte, Sonderheft zum 50. Jahrestag der Novemberrevolution), Berlin 1968, ...

Source: LZ Aktuell
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11/05/08
Kang Youwei. Outra figura que passou por Macau

Twitchett, Stanford 1962, S. 294–316). – K'ang Yu-wei. A Biography and a Symposium, Hg. Lo Jung-pang, Tucson 1967 (The Association for Asian Studies: Monographs and Papers, Bd. 23). – G. Sattler-v. Sivers, Die Reformbewegung von 1898 ...

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10/06/08
Yaz izlenimleri - Verimli yaz

S. 294-295.). Keza üzerinden atlanılmayacak bir yazar Şöhret Batlaş ‘Koşarken Yavaşlar gibi’ adlı romanında bu kuşağın çocuklarını hem sakınıp, hem devrimci yapmaya uğraştıklarından,

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10/03/08
PASSENGER TRAINS A COMING!

(2) Route study requests in S. 294 (which passed the Senate in October): restore Amtrak’s Pioneer that linked Seattle-Portland with eastern Oregon, Boise and Salt Lake City. (Towards the end, its financial viability was compromised by ...

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09/30/08
OpenCongress - U.S. Congress - S.3672 Rural Opportunity and ...

S.294 Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement... [1]; S.3673 Nationwide Freight and Personal Mobility ... [1]; H.R.2095 Clean Railroads Act of 2007 [1]; H.R.6003 Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement... [1] ...

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09/26/08
Senator Barack Obamas Voting Record for the Last Year He Hasn't ...

Agreed to (79- Voting 13, 3/5 majority required) Amendment Rejected (2467) Not Voting 397 1 10/30/07 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3474 to S. 294 (Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2007) To require Amtrak to regularly report ...

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09/24/08
NARP Blog

On Wednesday, the House passed by voice vote H.R. 2095, which combines the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 and the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (the latter incorporating provisions from S. 294). ...

Source: NARP Blog
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09/17/08
NARP: National Association of Railroad Passengers

There is still a push on Capitol Hill to get S. 294 passed before adjournment. If that fails, another push is possible if there is a lame-duck session after the November 4 general election. As for appropriations, it a continuing ...

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09/16/08
A Push to Revive Amtrak’s Pioneer Route Across the West | Boise ...

In January 2007, U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg introduced S. 294, the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2007, which includes a provision to evaluate the Pioneer Route to determine “whether a level of passenger demand ...

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09/16/08
A Push to Revive Amtrak’s Pioneer Route Across the West | New West ...

In January 2007, U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg introduced S. 294, the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2007, which includes a provision to evaluate the Pioneer Route to determine “whether a level of passenger demand ...

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09/14/08
Letters to the editor: The Smith ads, trains and day laborers ...

Yet final passage of a bill providing a five-year funding framework (S.294) remains uncertain even though it passed House and Senate with veto-proof margins. With fuel and construction costs rising, failure to act on rail worsens our ...

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09/14/08
NARP: National Association of Railroad Passengers

Congress must act now to finalize passage of S. 294, increase Amtrak’s appropriations for Fiscal 2009, and acknowledge the important role trains must play in meaningful responses to the transportation, environmental and energy crises ...

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09/11/08
Hotline #570

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) procedurally blocks S. 294 conference; Business coalition demands S. 294 passage.

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09/11/08
Hotline #570

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) procedurally blocks S. 294 conference; Business coalition demands S. 294 passage.

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09/07/08
Rückbezüglichkeit & Schleifen: Ein erstes Fazit

1985, S. 294 - 309. Auf die mathematischen Details soll in einem zukünftigen Artikel eingegangen werden. An dieser Stelle sei daher auf NAGEL, Ernest, NEWMAN, James R.: Der Gödelsche Beweis, München (6. Aufl. ...

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08/19/08
Amtrak Ridership Soars, May Seek More Funding

Please encourage your members of Congress to support both the pending Amtrak multi-year re-authorization bill (S.294) presently awaiting a House/Senate reconciliation committee and the Amtrak FY 09 budget request. ...

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08/15/08
The Hill Blog» Blog Archive » Energy Efficiency, Public Demand ...

Recognizing the need for greater investment in green transportation, the House and Senate both passed S. 294, the bipartisan Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act to reauthorize federal intercity passenger train programs, ...

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