Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Non-Paper Daily, 1.28.2009

*The American Society of Civil Engineers reported: "More than a quarter of the nation's bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. Leaky pipes lose an estimated seven billion gallons of clean drinking water every day. And aging sewage systems send billions of gallons of untreated wastewater cascading into the nation's waterways each year."

Hat tip to Steve at Washington Monthly.

*The latest stimulus package, now around $850 billion, passed the House today with no Republican votes even after the Democrats made concessions they wanted.

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