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Finally, despite some movement in Washington, up to and including the money from the wars in Afghanistan and
in the U.S. House and Senate to actu- presidential election. It includes equal Iraq, American Trucking Associations
ally pass their respective highway bills, parts politics, fear, reprisals and money. (ATA) President and CEO Bill Graves said
they are leaving one thing out, a huge the administration and Congress need to
element: new taxes and fees to repair “crazy” polITIcal focus on finding real money.
a deteriorating network of roads and MacHINaTIoNS Graves said it was “with little sur-
bridges. The whole thing could render the So let’s enter the real world of prise that the president once again failed
process almost pointless. But appearances Washington hardball politics. to commit to putting real, concrete
can go a long way in an election year. Following President Obama’s State sources of funding behind that rhetoric,”
The politics behind the highway bill of the Union address, in which he men- adding that “what the country needs is
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private investment or redirected savings.”
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