WASHINGTON -- Amtrak would receive $19.2 billion under bipartisan legislation unveiled Tuesday, kicking off a new chapter in long-running debate over how to fix the beleaguered passenger railroad.

The legislation by Sens. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., and Trent Lott, R-Miss., would provide $3.2 billion per year over six years. Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., and Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., are co-sponsors of the bill.

They need to make Amtrak a private corporation like they did the post office. Then maybe Amtrak would make money. There has to be a better solution than this.

(Also, the article also says the Reason Foundation is conservative. It's decidedly libertarian).

Labels: Biden, Carper, Congress, Government Waste

Posted by Ryan S. on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 at 3:05 PM | Permalink |