WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats on Thursday demanded that Republicans provide more money for Amtrak so the railroad can tackle a $21 billion maintenance and repair backlog, including replacing tunnels more than a century old. A Republican-controlled House panel approved a spending bill the day after the crash that provide Amtrak's with $1.1 billion, a cut of $251 million from this year. The budget that President Barack Obama submitted to Congress in February proposed allotting Amtrak $2.5 billion next year, with most of the increase dedicated to capital investment in tracks, tunnels and bridge.
Senate Democrats Demand More Money For Amtrak Repair Backlog
By JOAN LOWY, Associated Press, San Antonio Express-News: World
Thu, 05/21/2015 - 11:35am
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