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WASHINGTON — Pressing for passage of the transportation piece of his stalled jobs bill, President Barack Obama suggested Wednesday that lawmakers are out of touch and urged them to fall in line with the majority of the public that he said supports him.
Obama said the nation’s aging transportation network costs U.S. businesses and families about $130 billion a year. Failing to upgrade the network could cost the U.S. hundreds of billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of jobs by the end of the decade, he said.
The Senate planned to vote today on whether to take up the measure — $50 billion for road, bridge and other repairs and $10 billion to attract private money to help finance such projects.
Denver Post wire services
