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From courier post online

"Bush budget: Amtrak down, transit up"


http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080204/NEWS01/80204016/1004/living

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Prediction: Amtrak will be appropriated Thirty Four One Thousandth of One Percent of the Federal FY 09 Budget.

Cutting to the chase, $1.45B.

But then we must justify NARP's existence; $800M means it's time to fire up the 'rally round the flag boys' rhetoric machine. On that point, looks like NARP has been burning the midnight oil.

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I wouldn't stress over the "Bush Budget". He's a Lame Duck and the Republicans are deserting him and the Democrats will ignore him.
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Even when the Republican's controlled Capitol Hill they never approved Bush's Amtrak cuts, and the Democrats continued the tradition after their 2006 takeover. GBN is correct, it'll be $1.45 billion, give or take half a billion.

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