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Old Dec 24, 2005, 6:53 pm
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Reindeerflame
 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Sacramento, CA, US
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Avoid compliance

A good approach would be for Amtrak to just ignore the requirement, or avoid compliance by technically complying with the law in a manner that means the law is ineffective. Congress has little enforcement power, since it wants to fund Amtrak, rather than eliminate it. The amendment in question was from a powerful Member of Congress (in terms of writing the Amtrak bill) likely as revenge for both houses funding Amtrak at a much higher level than he would have preferred.
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