Comments on: Nadler Amendment Clears Rules Committee. Floor Vote Next. http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/01/27/nadler-amendment-clears-rules-committee-floor-vote-next/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:31:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Lee http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/01/27/nadler-amendment-clears-rules-committee-floor-vote-next/comment-page-1/#comment-62228 Lee Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:01:42 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5342#comment-62228 ohh, it's too bad I don't have a rep. in the House I can contact about this and I have to question the legitimacy of one of my senators... ohh, it's too bad I don't have a rep. in the House I can contact about this and I have to question the legitimacy of one of my senators...

]]> By: Randy Simes http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/01/27/nadler-amendment-clears-rules-committee-floor-vote-next/comment-page-1/#comment-62222 Randy Simes Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:08:47 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5342#comment-62222 This is great. I feel pretty confident that this will pass the full House vote thanks to the Democratic majority. Several long-time transit opponents have been removed from Congress over the past couple of years and have been replaced by supporters. From my early conversations with newly elected Steve Driehaus (D-OH), who replaced Steve Chabot (R-OH), it seems that he will be a big transit supporter even going as far to say that their should be a dedicated revenue source for Amtrak (or some sort of commuter rail service) that he thinks could even be funded by taxes on the Big Oil companies (stay tuned). This is great. I feel pretty confident that this will pass the full House vote thanks to the Democratic majority. Several long-time transit opponents have been removed from Congress over the past couple of years and have been replaced by supporters.

From my early conversations with newly elected Steve Driehaus (D-OH), who replaced Steve Chabot (R-OH), it seems that he will be a big transit supporter even going as far to say that their should be a dedicated revenue source for Amtrak (or some sort of commuter rail service) that he thinks could even be funded by taxes on the Big Oil companies (stay tuned).

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