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Should the government increase spending on public transportation?

Each year federal agencies receive funding from Congress, known as budgetary resources . In 2022, the Department of Transportation (DOT) had $354.83 Billion distributed among its 11 sub-components. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 appropriated $1.5 billion to the Department of Transportation for 478 projects at the request of Members of Congress. Tribal, state, and local governments received the funds to make improvements to transportation infrastructure. including roads, sidewalks and concourse renovations for airports. Each individual fund ranged from $30,000 to $100 million, with over 80 percent of projects receiving less than $5 million per project.

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Response rates from 4.2m America voters.

63%
Yes
37%
No
51%
Yes
29%
No
8%
Yes, but only if the spending goes towards environmentally friendly solutions
3%
No, we have more important issues that need funding
4%
Yes, and provide more free public transportation
3%
No, I am satisfied with the current amount of spending
2%
No, and we should privatize more public transportation services
1%
No, and we should reduce current spending

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 @97ZLYW3 from Arizona  answered…4yrs4Y

Public transportation is not a federal issue. States or municipalities should address this

 @9D6DG6K from Illinois  answered…3yrs3Y

It should be less

 @8FBCPP7 from Ohio  answered…6yrs6Y

keep it at the state level.

 @9DYZN5X from Pennsylvania  answered…3yrs3Y

Only in more urban settings, not suburban

 @BC5YXCC from Minnesota  answered…3mos3MO

Yes, however the budget should also remain managed and not expand further, reallocate not add funds.

 @9KPZJHX from Illinois  answered…2yrs2Y

The government should not increase spending on public transportation, but they should also privatize more public transportation services for special needs people.

 @9QRKRNT from Florida  answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, local governments spend money on public transport but varying degrees of urban sprawl and income equality. Spending more or less is not the only response.

 @9HWZD2Wfrom Maine  answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, but only if we teach the races that are statistically more likely to misbehave on public transportation that bad behaviour has consequences

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Elizabeth Warren Walks Back Murder Comments

Congressional Democrats broadly denounced the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Friday morning, after Republicans started accusing Sen. Elizabeth Warren of excusing violence.“No one's condoning this,” said Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.). “Violence never is the right answer for anything. And it was a horrible murder, a tragic loss for his family.” Warren this week condemned the shooting, but added that people “can be pushed only so far.”"We'll say it over and over," Warren said on MSNBC’S “The ReidOut.” " Violence is never the answer. This guy [Luigi Mangione] gets a trial who's allegedly killed the CEO of UnitedHealth, but you can only push people so far, and then they start to take matters into their own hands."In a statement to POLITICO, Warren said, “Violence is never the answer. Period. I should have been much clearer that there is never a justification for murder.” Top Republicans denounced Warren's comments and the walked-back rhetoric, with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) calling it “inappropriate and dangerous.”Some House Democrats asked about the incident on Thursday pivoted the conversation to discuss policy options on health care or gun safety.“I don't really know that this is really a space that Congress normally weighs in on,” said Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas). “But at the end of the day, I think it’s an opportunity, because now people are talking about health care and to talk about the fact that this industry has honestly not been as helpful as it could be.”“Violence is never the answer,” said Rep. Troy Carter (D-La.). “We know that there are people suffering, there’s great challenges in healthcare. There's great challenges, and people have, in fact, been wronged, but a process of governance is the way to address that, not violence.”And Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) who denounced the murder, said the killer should be prosecuted and that “I do know that allegedly a ghost gun was used, and we should also ban ghost guns. There's no reason for them beyond the streets.”

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