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Elections - 1Congressional leaders eager for effective transportation programs – popular with the publicFram, ‘12 [Alan Fram, Quals, 6/27/2012, NBC Washington – Facing weekend deadlines for¶ action, congressional leaders have agreed to deals overhauling the nation's transportation programs without a Republican provision forcing approval of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline, and avoiding a doubling of interest rates for new student loans, congressional officials said Wednesday.¶ ¶ The agreements underscored the pressures both parties face to avoid angry voters and embarrassing headlines in the run-up to this November's presidential and congressional elections. Letting road-building programs grind to a halt during an economic downturn would be a blow to the image of lawmakers, while Democrats and Republicans alike seemed eager to avoid enraging millions of students and their parents by boosting the costs of college loans.
Elections – 2 Polls prove the popularity of PPPsEmilia Istrate, Senior Research Associate and Associate Fellow at the Metropolitan Policy Program and Robert Puentes is a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution's Metropolitan Policy Program, 12/09/11, http://www.brookings.edu/up-front/posts/2011/12/09-infrastructure-puentes-istrate, “A Path to Public Private Partnerships for Infrastructure”; AB For one, the United States needs to take better advantage of and facilitate the use of public/private partnerships (PPPs) for investments. A poll by the financial advisory firm Lazard shows strong willingness for public entities to consider private investment in infrastructure. However, our recent Brookings report shows that the United States lags in this area. In the quarter-century from 1985 and 2011, there were 377 PPPs in the U.S., a scant 9 percent of total amount of infrastructure PPPs around the world. The public would rather pay tolls from private companies than an increase in the gas tax by the federal governmentEzra Klein, writer and columnist for The Washington Post, Bloomberg, and a contributor to MSNBC, 04/01/2012, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/more-states-privatizing-their-infrastructure-are-they-making-a-mistake/2012/03/31/gIQARtAhnS_blog.html Still, as many states find themselves scrounging under sofas for cash, privatization may prove increasingly appealing. And drivers, at least, sometimes appear more receptive to paying for roads via tolls, where it’s obvious what the money’s going toward, than via gas taxes. “The lack of revenue,” says Peters, “is really forcing people to consider these options more seriously.” PoliticsPPPs are becoming increasingly popular – prefer our predictive evidenceStephen J. McBrady is a Government Contracts attorney in the Washington, DC office of Crowell & Moring LLP, March 2009, “Funding America’s Infrastructure Needs: Public Private Partnerships May Help Close Infrastructure Gap”, http://www.crowell.com/documents/funding-americas-infrastructure-needs_construction-briefings.pdf; AB The concept of building and operating infrastructure through the use of PPPs has become increasingly common. Presently, 23 states have enacted enabling legislation permitting the government to build transportation infrastructure using PPPs. 13 Several states have taken unique approaches towards PPPs, with some states operating tentative pilot programs, while others have enacted broad enabling statutes permitting them even to accept unsolicited proposals for transportation infrastructure projects. 14 Each of these states, however, has shown a commitment to explore PPPs as one option in trying to upgrade and maintain transportation infrastructure. Thus, while the contours of PPP projects will be defined by the individual state regulations, and will mirror the risks and costs assumed by the public and private entities, it is likely that PPPs will continue to become an increasingly popular vehicle for undertaking large infrastructure projects. Directory: files files -> Answer True False 2 points Question 2 files -> Integer programming and game theory files -> 4 Integer Programming files -> Bpa vehicle Window Repair Scenario #1 task: Procure vehicle window relacement. Objective files -> Pop Warner History files -> North Carolina Inclusion Initiative Mapping Where Children with ieps are Being Served Purpose files -> Fall 2013 Spring 2014 Program Data: Standard 1 Exhibit 4d files -> Hanban – asia society confucius classrooms network 2010 request for proposal files -> Northern England’s set-jetting locations Download 1.35 Mb. Share with your friends:
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