Government Spending
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House Transportation Committee Knocks High-Speed Rail Funding Plan
… moved to the private?" Separately, the Republican caucus this month in a set of recommendations on cutting government spending suggested that annual Amtrak funding be slashed by $1.5 billion annually. The committee's Republicans said …
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Gov't Commission Proposes Federal Travel Spending, Airport Funding Cuts
… President Barack Obama in February created the commission, which has its critics, to advise on how to cut government spending by $200 billion and balance the federal budget by 2015. Obama appointed six members, including the chairmen …
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London Hotel Rates Rise, As Does U.K. Occupancy
… Kingdom's regions. Smith Travel Research Global has forecast a 5.3 percent increase in RevPAR for the rest of the United Kingdom in 2010, though Rust said corporate fiscal tightening and government spending cuts could lower that level.
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Egencia Bookings Continue Steady '09 Comeback
… according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Much of the GDP rise was attributed by the bureau to government stimulus packages and other government spending , and increases in consumer spending, especially on new automobiles and housing.
