Thursday, February 17, 2011

The Seventeenth Summary 02-17-2011 PM

Florida High-Speed Rail and the 17th Amendment | RedState
By scipio62 (Profile)
Following on my post from earlier today, William March of the Tampa Tribune posted this: Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson has just talked with Transportation.

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Voice of America
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Forexyard
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Washington Post
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