With its workforce now peaking at around 30,000, the U.K. s London-Birmingham 140-mile HS2 high speed railroad is shifting into the fit-out stage with more than $6 billion of track and system work being readied for procurement.
Grants from the Federal Railroad Administration will fund high-speed passenger rail projects from North Carolina and Virginia to California and Nevada.
Grants from the Federal Railroad Administration will fund high-speed passenger rail projects from North Carolina and Virginia to California and Nevada.
discussion at the white house. press secretary robert gibbs says subjects will include, quote, all issues, foreign and domestic. but there will be no preview of the president s budget. tomorrow s lunch is president obama s latest attempt to reach across washington s political divide. as an appetizer of sorts, eric cantor slammed two of the president s plans today. cantor vowed they would block funding for the healthcare reform bill when it takes up budget planning next week. he also said he s not in favor of the new plan for high speed rail construction, rolled out by the white house today. joining me now, a man who reaches across the political divide every week on his show, real time with bill maher. bill, thank you very much for joining us tonight. thanks, lawrence, i try. bill, you talk to republicans more than barack obama does. every week on your show.