Subject: Senate Democrats demand more money for Amtrak repair backlog - Yahoo News
From: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 12:51:31 -0400

> http://news.yahoo.com/senate-democrats-demand-more-money-amtrak-repair-backlog-163038405--finance.html <http://news.yahoo.com/senate-democrats-demand-more-money-amtrak-repair-backlog-163038405--finance.html>
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> Senate Democrats demand more money for Amtrak repair backlog
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> WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are demanding more money for Amtrak so the railroad can tackle a $21 billion backlog in repair and replacement projects.
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> They say that backlog compromises safety and service.
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> Democrats say congressional Republicans have starved federal programs that help repair and rebuild passenger rail bridges, tunnels and track.
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> One tunnel in Maryland that needs replacement is over 140 years old. Tunnels under the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey are over 100 years old.
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> Investigators have said a recent deadly Amtrak crash in Philadelphia could have been prevented if expensive safety technology had been installed.
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> Republicans have criticized the nation's long-distance passenger railroad as wasteful and inefficient.
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> Amtrak more heavily serves urban areas in the Northeast, Midwest and West Coast that are represented predominantly served by Democrats.
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