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                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: FRIDAY, July 13, 1990                   TAG: 9007130699
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A/2   EDITION: EVENING 
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TRANSPORATION BILL FACES ROUGH ROAD

A bill that earmarks $27 billion for roads, bridges, airports, railroads and commuter rails next year cruised through the House only to face a potential pothole: budget talks.

"We may not be able to keep this one after the budget summit," Rep. Lawrence Coughlin, R-Pa., said Thursday before the House passed the spending bill, 385-31.

The overall bill for the Transportation Department and related agencies totals $31 billion, with the bulk covering money for various projects.

- Associated Press 


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