Smart Growth News- March 26, 2012

National House votes today on 90-day extension - But Senate eyeing shorter stopgap - Obama jumps into transport fray The Hill- March 26, 2012 HOUSE VOTES ON EXTENSION TODAY: Members will take up a 90-day transportation stopgap under suspension of the rules — two-thirds of the chamber must approve it. Republicans seem to acknowledge the vote might fail: They would need dozens of Democratic votes despite vocal opposition, and the Monday vote leaves time for leaders to bring it up later in the week under a rule that would only require a simple majority. Gas price debate complicates Dems' case against short-term highway bill The Hill- March 24, 2012 The political debate over gas prices appears to be complicating Democratic efforts to compare the standoff over federal transportation spending to last year’s shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration. In U.S. Cities, Unemployment Rate Easing Fox Business- March 23, 2012 The unemployment rates in almost all metropolitan areas dropped in January from a year earlier, and a majority were lower than the national rate, the Labor Department said on Friday. Both Coasts Watch Closely as San Francisco Faces Erosion The New York Times- March 24, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO — The explosive waves of Ocean Beach, a 3.5-mile stretch separating the city from the gray edge of the Pacific Ocean, have long been a draw for tourists, local families and an international tribe of surfers.

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