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GA-23000 Participants to Have Blue Cross Blue Shield Option Effective January 1, 2006. TCU members covered by the Railroad Employees National Health and Welfare Plan (GA-23000) will have the additional option of electing Blue Cross Blue Shield (“Highmark”) as their health insurance provider effective January 1, 2006. If you reside in an existing Managed Medical
Read moreHouse Appropriations Sub-Committee Proposes $550 Million for Amtrak The House Appropriations transportation subcommittee passed a bill that would provide Amtrak only $550 million for Fiscal Year 2006. The deep cuts proposed by this committee would mean killing all cross-country trains. Funding at this level would slash Amtrak’s operating budget by more than half. It goes
Read moreCongressmen Support Full Amtrak Funding Congressman Robert Menendez (D-NJ) reacted to Appropriations sub-committee bill that would provide only $550 million dollars for Amtrak by calling it “extremely disappointing.” Together with 170 other members of the House Congressman Menendez sent a letter to the Appropriations sub-committee Chairman and Ranking Member seeking $2 billion for Amtrak in
Read moreNO AGREEMENT REACHED June 28, 2002 By mid-day Friday no agreement had been reached between Amtrak and the Bush Administration for a federal loan guarantee that would prevent a shutdown of Amtrak operations as early as July 8th. Both sides had previously announced that a tentative deal had been reached but talks broke down when
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