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21st Century Transportation For America

Transportation is the main reason for our dependence on oil and makes up a huge portion of our global warming pollution; a lack of alternative options for transportation has led to worsening traffic. Unfortunately, plans for more and better public transportation languish on the drawing board because powerful developers and road-building lobbies have convinced the government to spend nine times more on highway subsidies than on transit since 1956.

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From The Newsroom

Major Product Safety Bill Passes Congress

Thanks to your calls and e-mails, Congress send a major product safety overhaul bill to the president's desk. Among other provisions, the bill requires manufacturers to inspect toys and bans lead and phthalates from childrens' products.

Read the press release | Read more about the victory and the bill

Standing up for consumers

AT&T has agreed to repay customers $10 million for ring-tone charges that were advertised as being free. Florida PIRG's Brad Ashwell (right) stood with state Attorney General Bill McCollum in March as the deal was announced.

Read the Capitol News Service story quoting Ashwell. 
 
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