Politics & Government
Lee Bolm and Henry Whitley of Metro Caulking based in Pompano Beach, apply silicone caulking to concrete seams on the tarmac by Concourse D, Terminal 2 at Ft.Lauderale/Hollywood International Airport in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on July 27, 2009. The Obama administration is pushing for an additional $50 billion stimulus-but-don't-call-it-stimulus package to boost highway spending. (Joe Rimkus Jr/Miami Herald/MCT)
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Florida Governor Charlie Crist (center), along with Miami Metro Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez (right of center) and other dignitaries, shovel up at the groundbreaking ceremonies of the new $450 million dollar reconstruction of the Palmetto Expressway-Dolphin Expressway interchange being built with Obama Stimulus money, April 26, 2010 in Miami, Florida.The Obama administration is pushing for an additional $50 billion stimulus-but-don't-call-it-stimulus package to boost highway spending. (C.M. Guerrero/Miami Herald/MCT)
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City of Tacoma worker Ricci Woody removes a incandescent light from a traffic signal on Tacoma Ave. in Tacoma, Washington, on Thursday, February 18, 2010. The city received a $1.9 million Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant through the stimulus project and is using $200,000 of it to install energy efficient LED traffic lights. The Obama administration is pushing for an additional $50 billion stimulus-but-don't-call-it-stimulus package to boost highway spending. (Dean J. Koepfler/Tacoma News Tribune/MCT)
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Construction crews build new HOV lanes in the median of Interstate 5 between the King/Pierce county line and Port of Tacoma Road at the Fife curve, December 29, 2009. The Obama administration is pushing for an additional $50 billion stimulus-but-don't-call-it-stimulus package to boost highway spending. (Peter Haley/Tacoma News Tribune/MCT)
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Cars are jammed on the very busy northbound 405 Freeway approaching the Sepulveda Pass on May 7, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. The $1 billion freeway widening project will add a 10-mile northbound carpool lane to the stretch of the 405 the 10 and 101 freeways. The Obama administration is pushing for an additional $50 billion stimulus-but-don't-call-it-stimulus package to boost highway spending. (Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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Construction on freeway ramps funded by stimulus money takes place at Grand Parkway (Texas SH99) and I-10 in Katy, Texas, on Thursday, September 23, 2010. The Obama administration is pushing for an additional $50 billion stimulus-but-don't-call-it-stimulus package to boost highway spending. (George Bridges/MCT)
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Massive support pillars that will support an elevated truckway for trucks hauling cargo from Miami to the Palmetto Expressway is under construction March 5, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The Obama administration is pushing for an additional $50 billion stimulus-but-don't-call-it-stimulus package to boost highway spending. (Patrick Farrell/Miami Herald/MCT)
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Construction on freeway ramps funded by stimulus money takes place at Grand Parkway (Texas SH99) and I-10 in Katy, Texas, on Thursday, September 23, 2010. The Obama administration is pushing for an additional $50 billion stimulus-but-don't-call-it-stimulus package to boost highway spending. (George Bridges/MCT)
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