 | NARP blogTRAINS: A travel choice Americans want |
» Visit the Official NARP Website
C-SPAN Poll on Amtrak Funding
Monday, October 29, 2007
As the Senate debates S.294, the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act that would reauthorize Amtrak, C-SPAN has a poll on its CapitalNews web site asking, “Should Amtrak receive federal funding?” So far, over 1100 respondents have voted, with “Yes” leading “No” by a margin of 74% to 26%.
While this is not a scientific poll, we encourage you to vote and show your support for passenger rail and parity in transportation funding!
Most importantly, please contact your Senators’ offices by telephone tomorrow after 9 AM Eastern time. The Senate should move to a final vote on S.294 by tomorrow, and Wednesday morning at the latest. As was the case last week, the message to your Senators continues to be: Please support S.294 and please vote against any other anti-passenger rail amendment that is offered, especially amendments to cut funding or add micromanaging language to the bill. Press reports today indicate that Sen. Wayne Allard (R-CO) may offer an amendment to reinstate the disastrous “Self-Sufficiency” language from the 1997 Amtrak reauthorization. (S.294 specifically eliminates this requirement.)
--Matthew Melzer
Posted by NARP
Tags: amtrak reauthorization, c-span, polls, senate action(0) Comments
©2006 National Association of Railroad Passengers | » NARP website
» Recent Entries
» Blogroll
» Terms of Service for Comments
You may register to post comments in response to NARP-generated postings on the Blog. By registering you agree 1) that all comments will be relevant to the respective posting and 2) not to post any messages that are obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, or that violate any laws. We reserve the right to permanently block postings from any user who does not abide by the above terms. NARP reserves the right to remove, edit, or move any messages for any reason.
» Monthly Archives
