"… Bipartisan Policy Center, a Washington think tank, notes that the last few transportation bills “have been marked by the rapid proliferation of federal transportation …"

"… lity to it.”The 100-plus separate programs stuffed into those multi-year transportation bills have also been an earmark bonanza. Washington’s last multi-year transpo …"

"… on bills have also been an earmark bonanza. Washington’s last multi-year transportation bill, made famous in 2005 for earmarking a so-called “bridge to nowhere” in …"

"… rth by the House to fund “metropolitan mobility” in the next long-term transportation bill. The initiative doesn’t go as far as distributing money directly to metr …"

"… opportunity for public involvement in the selection of projects. The 1998 transportation bill provided money to ease commutes for low-income workers. But mostly what Co …"

"… debate at the federal level during the previous two struggles to pass the transportation bill focused on equity between states, rather than maximizing performance. Stat …"

"… ontribute more in federal gas tax receipts than they receive back from the transportation bill, known as “donor” states, feel slighted. In the last bill lawmakers se …"

"… ed that changed the game.The money ran out.The federal government pays its transportation bills through a mechanism known as the Highway Trust Fund, which raises roughly …"

"… husiasts wait for official Washington to hash out a brand new $500 billion transportation bill, a duel just over the Potomac may provide a glimpse of the debate to come. …"

"… eed, lawmakers in Washington are gridlocked at the moment on a new federal transportation bill. Congress was forced to extend the old one last month and will likely do s …"

"… tor Chuck Schumer of New York landed a million-dollar highway earmark in a transportation bill chock full of more than 6,300 such projects. As earmarks go, it failed to …"

"… h Schumer declared the road expansion a top priority in the next multiyear transportation bill, the state has yet to spend his earmarked money to study the project. One …"

"… e quality. Schumer requested $541 million in federal dollars from the next transportation bill to “complete the transformation” of that road.Cappelli, meanwhile, con …"

"… search Group report analyzing transportation campaign spending. “But the transportation bill ends up being the most localized.”Krieger’s report examined  …"

"… nd runways. That money would serve as the down payment on a new, multiyear transportation bill that would also create a national infrastructure bank to help fund such pr …"

"… nk to help fund such projects.A new bill is necessary because the previous transportation bill expired last October, and Congress has repeatedly stalled in its efforts t …"

"… ing jobs and accelerating our economic recovery,” through not only a new transportation bill but also a new measure to fund water projects. She also flagged “legisla …"

"… Congress or to the massive transportation lobby. In order to get the last transportation bill passed in 2005, Washington endured a dozen such extensions over a 22 month …"

"… omney officials specified projects they wanted included as earmarks in the transportation bill to members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation as the measure mo …"

"… ucture Committee and who held powerful sway on spending matters as the big transportation bill moved through Congress. Young netted more than $50,000, according to a Bos …"

"… ss placed a moratorium on earmarking, following public outrage over a 2005 transportation bill stuffed with money for thousands of pet projects, including the infamous " …"

"… canyon while reducing noise pollution. The measure was included in a broad transportation bill approved Wednesday by the Senate.McCain and Reid said they were concerned …"

"… g a hero on this issue to someone that we’ve had to strongly oppose."The transportation bill now goes to the House.Original article by Associated Press writer Matthew …"

"… ectrum agree that the nation needs to take bold action in passing a robust transportation bill. But the prospects for that continue to stand at risk of being weighed dow …"

"… ntifiable as lobbying on issues related to either this behemoth multi-year transportation bill or the transportation appropriations authorized each year once it becomes …"