Congress OKs Extending Stopgap Highway Funding
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Congress approved an eight-month  extension of temporary highway funding on Thursday with  lawmakers still wrangling over spending and other proposals and  reluctant to test a White House veto threat.
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The Senate on Thursday night approved a seven-year extension of a moratorium on state and local taxes on Internet access.
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Ending months of deadlock with the  White House, the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday  gave final bipartisan approval to legislation that would  temporarily extend the state health insurance program that  covers about 6.6 million poor children.
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By Gabriel Tynes, Walton Sun, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.  Feb. 3--After an intense townhall meeting Monday, state lawmakers promised a quick review of a two-yearold traffi c concurrency bill that is reportedly hindering growth in Walton County.
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Congestion-cutting scheme could be extended to motorways across England, government announces.
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By PHIL DAVIS  ESTERO, Fla. - An unexpected $10 million congressional earmark might seem like money from heaven for a fast-growing county needing billions for transportation improvements. Not when it comes to Coconut Road.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va.  - A federal judge on Thursday  approved an agreement between the government, lenders and US  Airways to extend financing needed to keep the bankrupt airline  flying until mid-January.
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An agreement designed to relieve congestion at O'Hare International Airport and ease airline delays across the nation will be extended for six months, Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta announced Friday.
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The U.S. Senate has approved  legislation extending a moratorium on state Internet access  taxes for seven years.
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The U.S. Congress on Wednesday  passed a stop-gap bill to keep the government running into  November avoiding some tough election-year votes as Republican  admitted they could not finish their budget work.
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By Thomas Ryll, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Sep. 4--A year-old development moratorium in the traffic-stuffed Salmon Creek area may be extended for another 12 months and could have to stretch three years beyond that.
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The House of Representatives approved a $556 billion bill on Wednesday to fund most of the federal government through September 2008, ending a year-long budget fight with President George W. Bush by also including new money for the Iraq war.
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States are losing millions of dollars and thousands of jobs because Congress failed to pass a federal highway bill last year, state transportation officials told Congress on Tuesday. They urged lawmakers to make the spending bill one of the first orders of business.
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The U.S. House of Representatives approved a seven-year extension of the existing moratorium on Internet-only taxes that was first proposed by the Senate last week.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted to increase the federal credit limit by &#36;800 billion to &#36;8.184 trillion, a move that will allow the measure to be sent to President Bush for signing into law.
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Three leading senators blamed election-year politics Tuesday for effectively blocking passage of a multiyear highway spending bill and proposed that Congress accept a six-month extension of federal funding at current, less generous levels.
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By Mark Ginocchio And Doug Dalena, The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Dec. 14--Millions of dollars worth of transportation, environmental and public safety projects in lower Fairfield County could lose federal funding if a congressional Democratic budget proposal is approved.