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...that traditionally associated with supplying its services to a government agency.” A recent report by the GAO provides examples of PPPs for highway infrastructure in the U.S., and highlights those which involve the management of an existing entity—such as the lease of the Chicago Skyway to a private entity for $1.83 billion or the lease of the Indiana Toll Road for $3.85 billion—as well as those which involve bidding out contracts to build and operate new toll roads, such as the part of the Trans-Texas Corridor which calls...
...House and expanded their majorities in both chambers of Congress earlier this month. President George W. Bush has already invited Barack and Michelle Obama to the White House - the earliest such visit for a President-elect ever - and on Monday Obama met with his former rival John McCain in Chicago. But just because the Republicans are proving to be good losers doesn't mean that they are willing to get rolled in this week's lame-duck session of Congress, and that's apparent in the deadlocked talks to help the auto industry...
...anybody with doubts about Lieberman's fate, Obama's meeting with McCain in Chicago on Monday was a clear sign that the President-elect is more interested in building bridges than tearing them down. Reid himself underscored that theme at a press conference following the caucus meeting in which members voted 42-13 to allow Lieberman to remain in the caucus and to keep his chairmanship of the Homeland Security and Government Reform committees - though they stripped him of his seat on the Environment and Public Works Committee. "I would defy anyone to be more angry than I was," says...
Less than two weeks ago, on election night, John McCain pledged to do "all in my power to help [Barack Obama] lead us through the many challenges we face." On Monday, McCain will travel to Chicago to discuss ways he can fulfill that promise in a private meeting with the President-elect...
...items on DeMint's list of lament read like talking points to jump-start Monday afternoon's conversation in Chicago between McCain and Obama. According to an Obama aide, the President-elect views McCain as a potential ally on the kind of reform issues for which the two men share broad agreement. "There are areas of general agreement and beliefs - on immigration, earmark reform, energy, climate change, government reform, spending reform," says the aide. "Where there's agreement on both sides, they want to figure out ways they can work together...