...as negotiations on the package wrapped up, Rahm Emanuel secured an extra $8 billion for high-speed rail. The Maine and Pennsylvania Republican "centrists" approved, and the bill progressed. The $8 billion is not directed at any specific state or project.
Of course not. There isn't any mention of a high-speed rail project connecting Disneyland and Vegas in the recovery bill. Nothing. The Republicans made it up. We seriously have to ask at this point: have the Republicans said anything that's actually truthful?