FYI, Forwarding -- From: Message from Senator Russ Feingold - DO NOT REPLY [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 12:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Responding to your message
Dear Mr. Perkins, Thank you for contacting me regarding funding for transportation enhancements. I appreciate hearing from you. As you may know, H.R. 3288, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, was passed by the Senate on September 17, 2009, by a vote of 73 to 25. During consideration of this bill, the Senate voted on an amendment by Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) regarding funding for transportation enhancements. This amendment would have removed a requirement that states spend 10 percent of their surface transportation funds on transportation enhancement projects. Unlike a more problematic amendment that was withdrawn, the amendment that was voted on would still allow states to fund transportation enhancement projects, such as bicycle and pedestrian projects. I supported the amendment to provide states with additional flexibility in prioritizing among all federally supported transportation projects. This amendment was rejected by a vote of 39-59. Thank you again for contacting me. For more information about my work on behalf of Wisconsin, you can subscribe to my monthly e-newsletter by visiting http://feingold.senate.gov/newsletter.cfm. I look forward to hearing from you in the future. _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
