Railroad Competition and Service Improvement Act of 2007
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Sponsor and co-sponsors are:
Sen Rockefeller, John D., IV [WV] (introduced 3/21/2007)
Sen Baucus, Max [MT] - 3/21/2007
Sen Cantwell, Maria [WA] - 3/21/2007
Sen Craig, Larry E. [ID] - 3/21/2007
Sen Crapo, Mike [ID] - 3/21/2007
Sen Dorgan, Byron L. [ND] - 3/21/2007
Sen Klobuchar, Amy [MN] - 3/21/2007
Sen Landrieu, Mary L. [LA] - 3/21/2007
Sen Tester, Jon [MT] - 3/21/2007
Sen Vitter, David [LA] - 3/21/2007
UTU seems to support, Read the UTU article here.
AAR seems to oppose Read AAR press release here
It may well be something introduced each Congress. There are pointers in the AAR website to similar legislation introduced in 2005.
I've not read it in enough detail to see if there are Amtrak impacts in the legislation.
Read it here in Adobe Acrobat.
Sponsor and co-sponsors are:
Sen Rockefeller, John D., IV [WV] (introduced 3/21/2007)
Sen Baucus, Max [MT] - 3/21/2007
Sen Cantwell, Maria [WA] - 3/21/2007
Sen Craig, Larry E. [ID] - 3/21/2007
Sen Crapo, Mike [ID] - 3/21/2007
Sen Dorgan, Byron L. [ND] - 3/21/2007
Sen Klobuchar, Amy [MN] - 3/21/2007
Sen Landrieu, Mary L. [LA] - 3/21/2007
Sen Tester, Jon [MT] - 3/21/2007
Sen Vitter, David [LA] - 3/21/2007
UTU seems to support, Read the UTU article here.
AAR seems to oppose Read AAR press release here
It may well be something introduced each Congress. There are pointers in the AAR website to similar legislation introduced in 2005.
I've not read it in enough detail to see if there are Amtrak impacts in the legislation.
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