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NEWS ABOUT: Ray LaHood

Ray LaHood stories: 12 news summaries

Only Fines Will Get Drivers
Off the Phone: Experts

Conference tells Transportation Department to get tough

Oct 5, 09 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - If the Department of Transportation wants to curb distracted driving, it’ll have to do more than ask nicely, concluded experts at last week’s conference on the issue. Previous efforts to curb drunk driving and promote seat belt safety have proven that drivers don’t respond without the threat... More »

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driving • Department of Transportation • driver distraction • reckless driving • Ray LaHood • cellphones • public safety

 Federal Workers Banned 
 From Texting While Driving 

Executive order is part of larger push against distracted driving

Oct 1, 09 3:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Federal employees are now forbidden from sending text messages while driving on government business or operating government vehicles. The new executive order, signed by President Obama last night, also encourages executive agencies to adopt texting bans for contractors, reports ABC. "To put it plainly, distracted driving is a menace... More »

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Barack Obama • driving • text message • texting • driver distraction • reckless driving • Ray LaHood

 Obama to Pitch Chicago's 
 Olympic Bid in Denmark  

First visit by a president to lobby for Olympics

Sep 28, 09 7:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama will travel to Copenhagen on Thursday to back Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Olympics, senior adviser Valerie Jarrett said today. The president will be joined by Michelle Obama and his education and transportation secretaries. Chicago is bidding against Tokyo, Rio de Janiero, and Madrid, but none of... More »

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Barack Obama • Chicago • Michelle Obama • Copenhagen • 2016 Olympics • Chicago Olympics • Arne Duncan • Ray LaHood

 'Clunkers' Ends Monday 


Aug 20, 09 4:38 PM CDT
(AP) - The Obama administration will end the $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program at 8pm Monday, giving car shoppers a few more days to take advantage of big government incentives. Dealers have complained about sluggish reimbursements, but Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said the program has been "a lifeline to the... More »

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auto industry • US automakers • Ray LaHood • Cash for Clunkers

(AP) - The number of women charged with driving under the influence has increased nearly 30% during the past decade, Transportation Department officials said today, while the number of men fell 7.5% in the same period. The department says the number of impaired women involved in a fatal crash increased in... More »

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women • drunk driving • arrest • statistics • Department of Transportation • Ray LaHood • Diane Schuler

 White House Probes 
 Minn. Plane Stranding 

Incident 'troubling': transportation sec.

Aug 12, 09 6:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration is investigating last weekend’s 9-hour stranding of 47 passengers on a Minnesota airport tarmac, the AP reports. Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood says his department's general counsel is determining whether laws were broken in the case. “While we don't yet have all the facts, this incident... More »

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Olympia Snowe • Minnesota • airline delays • Continental Airlines • Barbara Boxer • tarmac • Ray LaHood

(AP) - The Obama administration will suspend the "cash for clunkers" program unless the Senate provides $2 billion more for the popular car incentive plan, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said today. He said he expects the current $1 billion pool to be exhausted by the end of this weekend. The House... More »

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Senate • Obama administration • Ray LaHood • Cash for Clunkers • Car Allowance Rebate System

 Obama: We Need 
 High-Speed Rail, Fast 

System would fight congestion, save energy, clean air: Prez

Apr 16, 09 9:47 AM CDT
(AP) - President Obama is calling for the country to move swiftly to a system of high-speed rail travel, saying it will relieve congestion, help clean the air, and save on energy. "This is not some fanciful, pie-in-the-sky vision of the future. It's happening now," he said today in... More »

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train • railroad • Obama administration • President Obama • Ray LaHood

Obama Gets Rail Rolling
With $8B Stimulus

Prez plots $8b high-speed train network

Feb 17, 09 11:31 AM CST
(Newser) - America's railways are about to get a huge handout: At today's signing of the stimulus package, $8 billion will be allocated to high-speed rail. Though the money will be divvied up according to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood's master plan, the expansion is truly President Obama's pet project, reports Politico. "... More »

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Barack Obama • transit • Rahm Emanuel • Harry M. Reid • railroad • economic stimulus package • Department of Transportation • Obama administration • Ray LaHood

talk show roundup

Transport Sec to Fellow GOPers: 
C'mon, Ride the Stimulus Train

But McCain wonders where bipartisanship is

Feb 8, 09 10:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Talk of the economic stimulus package dominated the morning shows today, with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, a Republican, promising on State of the Union that the stimulus bill won't come with any earmarks or "boondoggles," the Chicago Tribune reports. LaHood said that he had tried to get his... More »

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John McCain • Mike Pence • Barney Frank • John Ensign • economic stimulus package • bipartisanship • bailout • President Obama • Lawrence Summers • Ray LaHood

(Newser) - Barack Obama announced his final Cabinet choices today, making official what insiders have hinted at for a week, the Washington Post reports. Hilda Solis will be the nominee for labor secretary, Ron Kirk for trade representative, and Republican Ray LaHood for transportation. Solis appears to be the lightning rod,... More »

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Barack Obama • transition • President Obama • Obama Cabinet • Ray LaHood • Hilda Solis • Ron Kirk • Karen Gordon Mills

GOP's LaHood Will Take Transportation Post

Illinois congressman was retiring from seat

Dec 17, 08 5:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has chosen Illinois congressman Ray LaHood, a Republican, for the post of transportation secretary, Bloomberg reports. Obama is expected to make the announcement by the end of the week. LaHood, 63, had already announced his retirement from Congress this year after seven terms. He has a reputation for... More »

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transportation • Dept. of Transportation • President Obama • Obama Cabinet • Ray LaHood

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