Meanwhile, the rest of the transportation sector clocked in a rate of 5.0 safety incidents per 100 full-time employees.

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It substantially restructures Medicare and cuts Medicaid, food stamps, and transportation infrastructure while reducing the top tax rate from 35 percent to 25 percent.

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And with a nightly rate that includes breakfast, lunch, airport transportation and most drinks until 5 p.m.

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But it really is vital that Congress get its act together and pass some of these important pieces of legislation that have -- in the case of surface transportation and in the case of the aforementioned student loan rate legislation and a host of others -- have enjoyed bipartisan support in the past.

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Excluding transportation, new orders for durable goods are up 9.6% at an annual rate in the first five months of 2006 while unfilled orders are up 12.8%.

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But excluding transportation orders, which can be volatile, orders rose 1.9%, the highest rate since December 2011, said the Commerce Department.

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The rate at which airlines lost luggage dropped a sharp 26%, according to Department of Transportation data.

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Transportation information, he found, is devoured by the 18-35 male at about four times the rate of pure fashion information.

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Combine that with an unemployment rate in construction of over 20% and you have an economic problem that overshadows manufacturing, transportation, and all the rest.

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