Leave it to Vice President Joe Biden to prove that every sequestration has a silver lining. Due to the across-the-board federal spending cuts set to begin tomorrow, Biden is ditching his usual military plane and returning to his preferred mode of transportation: the...
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Vice President Joe Biden speaks to the National Governors Association in the State Dining room of the White House on Feb. 25, 2013 in Washington.
Biden’s Silver Sequestration Lining
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Sequestration Starts… Uh, When White House is Good and Ready
It is time to synchronize the watches, it appears. In Washington, where the White House and Congress cannot agree on how to avert $85 billion in across-the-board budget cuts scheduled to start March 1, they also are having trouble agreeing...
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Passengers walk beneath an Amtrak sign at Union Station in Washington.
Amtrak’s Rough Ride Renewed
Amtrak CEO Joe Boardman had hoped for an easier ride in 2013 after Florida Republican John Mica had to relinquish the chairmanship of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Mica, who was term-limited out of the post, took great pleasure...
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New Jersey Commissioner of the Department of Transportation, James Simpson, second left, Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Porotection, Bob Martin, right, and Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, third right, walk with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, center left, past damaged homes along the Atlantic Ocean on Nov. 2, 2012 in Mantoloking, N.J.
Washington Daybook: Christie Turns Lobbyist
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is in Washington to lobby Congress for a Superstorm Sandy supplemental. The White House could send emergency aid request for more than $50 billion to the Hill as early as today. Speaking of Sandy, Amtrak...
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Union Station in Washington.
Amtrak CEO Running on Lame-Duck House Chairman’s Borrowed Time
Rep. John Mica may not be able to yank the Transportation Security Administration’s chain during his final month as chairman of the House transportation committee. But he’s still got Amtrak. Mica, the Florida Republican who ceded his bid to remain...
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