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On the recordSeptember 28, 2009
Ten percent of the funds from the auctioning of carbon emissions allowances would go into a pot, and that pot would fund low emission transportation improvements like bikeways and sidewalks.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Explaining the Clean Low Emissions Affordable Transportation Act of 2009.

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