Following the evacuation, the representatives voted overwhelmingly to allow Amtrak to keep its long routes, essentially restoring Amtrak to its current state.
Rep. Denny Rehberg has been fighting for this and finally got it for Montana's hi-line residents. I see it still has to be approved by the Senate but the article states that should be easier than the House was.
I am not too sure about spending this kind of money on a service that can't make a go of it on its own. That's why I call it a gift. Everybody, whether Democrat or Republican, wants the Government to have a balanced budget then they throw money around like this. It doesn't make much sense to this dumb cowboy but then most of what the Government does falls into this category.
The great art of giving consists in this: the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated. Baltasar Gracian
