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https://i0.wp.com/publicintegrity.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/AP070501016946.jpg?fit=60%2C60&ssl=16060The latest idea for jump-starting the economy? A new highway spending bill. But as iWatch News reported in 2009, such efforts have traditionally been loaded up with pork and loaded down by thousands of lobbyists. According to POLITICO, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has directed his staff to work with the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee […]