The Hill
By Keith Laing - 01/25/12 09:01 AM ET
Criticizing President Obama’s call for spending savings from defense cuts on transportation projects in the State of the Union, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) said the House would unveil its version of a new federal highway bill next week.
In his remarks to lawmakers Tuesday night, Obama suggested that since “we're no longer spending at war, use half of it to pay down our debt, and use the rest to do some nation-building right here at home.”
But Mica said that would not be how the Republican-led House suggests paying for the highway bill, which is currently set to expire at the end of March... FULL ARTICLE
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Wed, January 25, 2012
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