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April 2, 2014

Koch-Backed Measure Bans Transit Funding in Tennessee 
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The Tennessee Senate has approved a measure that would ban new mass
transit projects across the state. The bill was introduced to undermine
a proposed rapid bus system in Nashville called the Amp, but would apply
statewide. According to the website Think Progress, the measure received
critical backing from the billionaire Republican donors Charles and
David Koch. The Koch brothers' Americans for Prosperity pushed lawmakers
to vote for the bill and may have even sparked its introduction.

 

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