Republicans in California sent a letter to the House Appropriations Committee Chairman and ranking Democrate asking that the new spending bill prohibit funds for high-speed rail in the state. The thirteen republicans asking for the provisions say the high-speed rail project currently under construction no longer meets what the voters approved back in 2008. The costs of the construction has risen from $33 billion originally to over $100 billion before the scope of the project was trimmed to the current $68 billion.
(more on the CA Republicans and high-speed rail funding...)