On the transportation bill, Republicans agreed to drop two issues that have nothing to do with transporation (the Keystone pipeline – an issue of their own creation – and the EPA coal ash regulations) and in return Democrats “gave up on $1.4 billion for conservation and agreed to allow states more leeway in how they use money that was once mandated for landscaping, bike improvements and pedestrian walkways” much of which is directly related to transportation. This from a bill that was already a compromise with Senate Republicans. So Democrats gave into Republican demands not once, but twice, and somehow Barbara Boxer can say with a straight face ““I am so glad that House Republicans met Democrats halfway.” I’m sorry to tell you, but that is not halfway. If she thinks it is, then I would love to sell her a used car.
Via The Wash Cycle