Amtrak’s ‘High-Speed’ Trains Not Fast Enough
During repairs on the brakes, Amtrak temporarily replaced the Acela with aging Metroliner cars, and their schedule was nearly the same as the “high-speed” Acela.
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New Surveillance System Is Key to Modernization
The history of the modernization effort is laden with cost overruns and schedule slips. While unanticipated problems are certainly understandable, a culture of delay is unacceptable.
Rails Essential for Future Growth
For many travelers who fly from Washington, D.C., to the New York/New Jersey area, the airlines have simply thrown in the towel and actually schedule this 36-minute flight to take almost two hours.
Johnson Won’t Return Until After Aug. Break
Although he has begun working occasionally from home, his doctors have said he should complete more rehabilitation before attempting to take on the rigors of a full-time Senate schedule.
Changing Iraq Strategies Reflect Power Shift to House Leadership
The House Democratic leadership’s sudden decision to schedule the next major Iraq “redeployment” vote on July 12, instead of waiting until mid-September as originally planned, speaks volumes about the
Locanda Opens
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D.C. Noise Bill Gets Heard
The amendment, which Wells said he would add during a markup he hopes to schedule in September, allows speech to exceed 70 decibels as long as it does not reach 10 decibels above the level of ambient noise
Government Good to Stevens’ Friends
NARA’s Judson said that while plans for the new building are complete — and that NARA has a standing contract with a non-Alaskan contractor to construct its facilities — the project has fallen behind schedule
Calendar Tight for Approps
Gavin said the Senate likely would take up the Homeland Security spending bill or military construction-Veterans Affairs appropriations bills first, but that the schedule has not yet been officially
Democrats Keep Focus on Libby
resolution against Bush over the Libby decision, but it’s doubtful Democrats would want to go through a symbolic floor exercise when leaders are busy trying to jump-start an agenda that has slipped behind schedule
Freshmen Making Quick Use of Mail
He added that because of the new Congressional schedule, with five-day workweeks in Washington, D.C., Smith may not get back to Nebraska as much as his predecessor, former Rep. Tom Osborne (R).
New Study: Pace of Reform Fairly Encouraging
access for voters with disabilities, creating a more complete post-election timeline that would include procedures and deadlines for disputed elections, reforming the front-end loaded presidential primary schedule
Freshmen Answer Doyle’s Call to Arms
Graves told Roll Call he has enjoyed watching the game from the stands in previous years and finally decided to rearrange his schedule to make time to play this year.
House OKs Legislative Branch Spending
Opponents argue that it is too late in the construction of the CVC, which has been criticized for being behind schedule and over budget, to make the change.
Patent Bill Nears Critical Stage on Hill
, who runs the Coalition for Patent Fairness, which supports the House and Senate patent reform bills, said he was hopeful that Congress would start and possibly finish markups this week but that the schedule
Immigration Bill Postponed
“The floor’s a mess,” one GOP leadership aide quipped, calling Reid’s handling of the floor schedule a “disaster.”
Watchdog Takes Aim at Congressional ‘Pig Dig’
Critics of the Capitol Visitor Center have long taken aim at Congressional tinkering with an already behind schedule and overbudget project.
Democrats Seem Lost in the Fog of Political War
After the long August recess, the fall Congressional schedule will be tied up with appropriations bills. The likelihood of any major legislation passing Congress in 2008 is remote.
Energy Plus Immigration Equals Weekend Work
Indeed, Reid’s rush to finish energy has a lot to do with the rest of his schedule for the next two weeks, before Congress is scheduled to leave for the weeklong July Fourth recess.
Handicapping Versus Reporting, Analyzing the Presidential Race
Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) about whether to run, has been the evolving primary schedule and the decision by a couple of Republican frontrunners not to participate in an Iowa GOP fundraising scheme called