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Re: Montana Senator John Tester May Have Just Restored the Builder to Daily Service
Author: E.H. Scaryman
Date: 03-10-2021 - 12:58
BOB2 Wrote:
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> Yep, I fully expected, and previously "predicted"
> on AP, based either on my psychic powers, or my
> most minimal math ability to count votes in the
> Senate, that it would include funding for daily
> long haul Amtrak service restoration. This was
> supported by the Senators in places like Nevada,
> Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico, as well as by
> the one from Montana, that have seen cutbacks on
> the other routes.
>
> I am more interested in what else is contained in
> the bill regarding two subjects 1) Covid relief
> aid and restart dollars (tax
> credits/write-offs?grants/loans) for impacted
> tourist businesses ( both profit and non
> profit..), and 2) other trransportation restart,
> and/or stimulus operating or capital funding.
>
> Is there a good on-line breakdown on the rest of
> what is funded for 1) Amtrak, 2)State and Local
> Transportation/Rail/Transit, 3) a list of
> transportation capital projects???
>
> Maybe, one of our really good sources might have
> come across that?
BTW, it is hardly a coincidence that Ye that Tester is the only Montana Democrat in Congress.
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> Yep, I fully expected, and previously "predicted"
> on AP, based either on my psychic powers, or my
> most minimal math ability to count votes in the
> Senate, that it would include funding for daily
> long haul Amtrak service restoration. This was
> supported by the Senators in places like Nevada,
> Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico, as well as by
> the one from Montana, that have seen cutbacks on
> the other routes.
>
> I am more interested in what else is contained in
> the bill regarding two subjects 1) Covid relief
> aid and restart dollars (tax
> credits/write-offs?grants/loans) for impacted
> tourist businesses ( both profit and non
> profit..), and 2) other trransportation restart,
> and/or stimulus operating or capital funding.
>
> Is there a good on-line breakdown on the rest of
> what is funded for 1) Amtrak, 2)State and Local
> Transportation/Rail/Transit, 3) a list of
> transportation capital projects???
>
> Maybe, one of our really good sources might have
> come across that?
BTW, it is hardly a coincidence that Ye that Tester is the only Montana Democrat in Congress.
