Tulsa World
by: World's Editorial Writers
Friday, September 02, 2011
9/2/2011 3:06:03 AM
When U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe - a staunch conservative by any measure - and President Barack Obama agree on something, you have to assume it has merit.
But even though the Oklahoma senator and the president agree on extending the current transportation law, some members of the Oklahoma congressional delegation aren't on board.
Inhofe, the ranking Republican on the powerful Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, even had some mild criticism for his counterparts over in the House. He urged House members to be more aggressive on transportation, suggesting they now are "goosy" about spending out of fear of being deemed big spenders by tea partiers.
Inhofe said he agrees with Obama's call for extension of the highway measure "because we've got to keep shovels in the ground in Oklahoma."
"We have a crisis in America," he added... FULL ARTICLE
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Fri, September 2, 2011
by John Cox