More oil-trolls in Congress now, thanks to tea party morons

Next American City » Columns » The Administration’s Big Streetcar Push Could Implode with New Congress: "After last month’s elections, however, the program may come to an end. Republicans soon to head the House of Representatives have made apparent their interest in limiting transportation expenditures on modes other than the automobile. Unless they suddenly have a collective change in heart, this could mean an elimination of funding for the grant programs that have funded these projects, including Small Starts"