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		<title>Senate Finance Crosses Finish Line</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Senate Finance Committee put the last puzzle piece in place last night when they voted the revenue portions of S. 1813, MAP-21, out of committee. The committee voted 17-6, with four Republicans voting with Democrats, in order to complete the last step before the legislation could reach the Senate floor. Senators will now vote [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.asce.org/govrel/2012/02/08/senate-finance-crosses-finish-line/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=senate-finance-crosses-finish-line</link>
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		<title>Mass Transit Funding Now in Jeopardy with House Transportation Bill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not long after we posted about promising developments with the House surface transportation reauthorization bill, the story took a startling turn. It was announced that the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee is proposing to divert $25 billion in dedicated fuels tax revenues from the Mass Transit Account as part of the American Energy and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.asce.org/govrel/2012/02/02/mass-transit-funding-now-in-jeopardy-with-house-transportation-bill/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=mass-transit-funding-now-in-jeopardy-with-house-transportation-bill</link>
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		<title>A Promising Week for Transportation Legislation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s been a whirlwind week in Washington, D.C. for transportation as both the House and the Senate try to build momentum to pass much-needed reauthorization bills. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee unveiled their American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act (H.R. 7) on Tuesday at a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol Building on an unusually warm [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.asce.org/govrel/2012/02/02/574/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=574</link>
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		<title>An ASCE Take on the State of the Union</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The President will be speaking before a Joint session of Congress and the American people tonight to discuss the State of the Union. The first State of the Union was delivered by President George Washington in January 1790 and since then has become a vehicle for a sitting President to outline his legislative agenda for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.asce.org/govrel/2012/01/24/an-asce-take-on-the-state-of-the-union/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=an-asce-take-on-the-state-of-the-union</link>
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		<title>Louisiana Section’s PR Campaign Sets a Great Example</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are repeating this post because we thought the information would also be of interest to the readers of this blog. It was first posted on Friday, January 20th, 2012 As the Louisiana Section was gearing up to release its first state Report Card this month, members realized that spreading the word of their findings [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.asce.org/govrel/2012/01/20/louisiana-section%e2%80%99s-pr-campaign-sets-a-great-example/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=louisiana-section%25e2%2580%2599s-pr-campaign-sets-a-great-example</link>
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		<title>The 112th Congress Returns for Round Two</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UPDATED: 01/20/12 at 5:30pm &#160; As the second session of the 112th Congress commences several ASCE priority issues remain unresolved. Thus far the 112th Congress has seen little legislative action on issues related to the civil engineering profession, however House and Senate leaders have indicated that infrastructure legislation could be a top priority in 2012. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.asce.org/govrel/2012/01/19/the-112th-congress-returns-for-round-two/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-112th-congress-returns-for-round-two</link>
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		<title>Candidates, Citizens, and the Media Paying Greater Attention to Infrastructure …</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As we start the new year, there has been an increased national focus on campaigns and elections, from the presidential race, to congressional elections and state elections. Whatever the source of news coverage, you’ve likely noticed the saturation of coverage on debates, speeches, town halls, and Sunday morning news hours that revolve around the GOP [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.asce.org/govrel/2012/01/13/candidates-citizens-and-the-media-paying-greater-attention-to-infrastructure-%e2%80%a6/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=candidates-citizens-and-the-media-paying-greater-attention-to-infrastructure-%25e2%2580%25a6</link>
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		<title>Goodbye 2011, Hello 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another year. That’s what 2011 was. It wasn’t a year where compromise was forged, where national interests were made paramount, or where facts took the front seat to spin and brinkmanship. Instead, Congress is at an all-time low approval rating of 11%, the presidential field (from any direction) is a mess, and the problems that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.asce.org/govrel/2011/12/21/goodbye-2011-hello-2012/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=goodbye-2011-hello-2012</link>
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		<title>ASCE Releases Economic Study on Nation&#8217;s Water Infrastructure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ASCE is releasing a report today identifying the long-term consequences to the nation’s economy from failing to invest today in our aging drinking water and wastewater infrastructure. The report is the second in a four part series of economic studies assessing the impacts of continued underinvestment in the nation’s infrastructure systems. The report, Failure to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.asce.org/govrel/2011/12/15/asce-release-economic-study-on-nations-water-infrastructure/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=asce-release-economic-study-on-nations-water-infrastructure</link>
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		<title>Romans and Roads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since the beginning of our current economic downturn, pundits and armchair historians alike have compared the modern United States to the Roman Empire shortly before its decline. I usually change the channel or flip to the next page when I read such headlines, because to put it plainly – the US is not Rome. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.asce.org/govrel/2011/12/02/romans-and-roads/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=romans-and-roads</link>
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