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House Republican: Obama to Blame for Short-Term Transportation Bill Fix

By JM Rieger
Posted July 17, 2014 at 12:41pm

House Republicans reached back to recent history Tuesday to rebut Democratic critics who blame them for not working on a multi-year transportation authorization bill.

Rep. Don Young of Alaska asked why President Barack Obama, at the height of his power in 2009, did not push for a multi-year transportation bill supported by then-Democratic Rep. Jim Oberstar of Minnesota.

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