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by Elana Schor on August 4, 2009

GOP Senate leaders starting to embrace a delay in new "cash for clunkers" money ... (WSJ)

... but that may not matter, now that Feinstein and Collins have stopped calling for stronger fuel-efficiency standards (Fox News)

Headed into August recess, the climate-change demands pile up for Boxer & Kerry (ClimateWire)

Lu Young, namesake of the 2005 "SAFETEA-LU" transportation bill, passes away (ADN.com)

Orange County, CA, using stimulus money for highway-widening (Streetsblog LA)

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