House Overwhelmingly Passes TEA LU

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Karen Bolin
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April 2, 2004

#04NR18 - House Overwhelmingly Passes TEA LU

The United States House of Representatives today overwhelmingly approved
H.R. 3550, "The Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy For Users" (TEA LU).
The Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) is pleased to announce that all of
our motorcycle safety initiatives are included in this 6-year surface
transport bill passed by the House today.

"This is a significant victory for the MRF, as well as the state
motorcyclists' rights organizations (SMROs) and motorcyclists nationwide who
have worked hand in hand with us on our motorcycle safety initiatives for
the better part of two years," said MRF President Karen Bolin. "We still
have work to do, but this is definitely a step in the right direction."

Passage of the $284 billion TEA LU bill sends a resounding message to the
White House that both the Senate and House favor significant increases in
highway and transit spending, despite a veto threat from the Bush
administration if the final package exceeds $256 billion. The Senate passed
a $318 billion surface transport measure a few weeks ago, and the final vote
today of 357-56 in favor of TEA LU signals enough support in the House to
override a veto.

The next step will be a House and Senate conference to combine the two bills
and develop a compromise bill for passage by the full House and Senate and
then presentation to the White House. It is possible that conferees may
begin pre-conferencing by the end of next week, but significant progress is
not anticipated until after Congress re-convenes on April 19 following their
Spring break.

The MRF would like to thank everyone who took the time to contact their
Congressmen to solicit support for our motorcycle safety initiatives. To
find out how your Congressman voted on H.R. 3550, you can visit the U.S.
House of Representatives website at
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2004/roll114.xml. If your Congressman did vote
in favor of this bill, you might want to send him or her a big "thank you"
for supporting the motorcycle safety initiatives included in the bill.

As always, we will keep you posted regarding all developments on the MRF's
ground-breaking motorcycle safety legislation!

Sending the message:
Patti


Patti Will
Legislative Coordinator
PR
co/Editor
ABATE of NY, Inc.
Niagara County Chapter
State Legislative Whip
MRF Assistant State Rep
MRF State Recruiter
legislative.TakeThisOut@abate.wolfcrews.com



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