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corner.nationalreview.com - 2/18/2009
About Harry Reid's Pet Project...
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Matt Yglesias has been on the warpath for days, accusing Republican lawmakers of "lying" about a "mythical" high speed rail project that Harry Reid has been lobbying for being included in the stimulus bill.(See here, here, and here.) Ok, here's what we know -- $8 billion in the stimulus bill ...

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Matthew Yglesias:  Mark Hemingway’s Preposterous High-Speed Rail Spin

politico.com - 2/12/2009
Did Reid roll Pelosi?
— politico.com — Blog: Reid went before the cameras Wednesday to announce a stimulus deal before Pelosi had agreed on all the details. (more) Did Reid roll Pelosi?

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huffingtonpost.com - 2/23/2009
The Myth Of The Filibuster: Dems Can't Make Republicans Talk All Night
— huffingtonpost.com — Hoping for a C-SPAN spectacle of GOP obstruction, some impatient Democrats are urging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to call Republicans on their filibuster bluff. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) made a plea typical of the ... (more) The Myth Of The Filibuster: Dems Can't Make Republicans ...

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huffingtonpost.com - 2/25/2009
Reid: Congressional Budget Increased For GOP Welfare
— huffingtonpost.com — A ten percent increase in the budget for Congressional operations was needed because Senate Republicans wanted to retain previous staff levels despite having lost roughly 20 percent of their ranks in the 2008 elections, Senate Majority Leader Harry ... (more) Reid: Congressional Budget Increased For GOP Welfare

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Mark Hemingway’s Preposterous High-Speed Rail Spin
Matthew Yglesias — ... Republican legislators have been characterizing this provision as expending $8 billion on a project to build an HSR link between Los Angeles and Las Vegas and darkly hinting that it’s some kind of pork barrel scheme for Harry Reid. That is a wildly inaccurate characterization of the provision which will fund HSR projects nationwide on a competitive basis. So I’ve been complaining about the people who are lying about this. Now along comes Mark Hemingway at the Corner who appears to agree that Reps. Miller and Boehner are completely mischaracterizing the stimulus ...

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High-Speed Rail in the Stimulus
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 2/13/2009 — Good news for people who like fast trains as it seems a significant amount of high speed rail funds made it into the stimulus: And while many initiatives were scaled back as Congress and the White House sought to cut the overall cost, there were ...
Boehner Slams Mythical Vegas HSR Project, Ignores Ohio Rail Opportunity
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 2/14/2009 — The madness continues on the right-wing’s crusade against a mythical high-speed rail to Las Vegas project that Harry Reid is alleged to have snuck into the stimulus bill. “Tell me how spending $8 billion,” asked House Minority ...
Another Earmark in Earmark-Free Bill? — The Corner on National Review Online
Accoring to the AP: In late-stage talks, Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., pressed for $8 billion to construct high-speed rail lines, quadrupling the amount in the bill that passed the Senate on Tuesday. Reid's office issued a statement noting that a proposed Los ...
Republicans cry foul over $8 billion for high-speed rail — L.A. Times - Politics
Alleging the money is for an Anaheim-Las Vegas rail project, they accuse Sen. Harry Reid of putting an earmark in the stimulus package. Democrats dismiss the charge, saying the DOT will make the call. >  ...