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Road construction crewman work on a roadway Monday, April 28, 2014, in Springfield, Ill. A group of transit advocates is pointing to uncertain funding from Congress and rapidly declining state spending on roads, bridges and railways to bolster its plan for raising taxes and fees for long-term investment. The Transportation for Illinois Coalition is sending a letter to state lawmakers this week warning that acceptable road and bridge conditions are in jeopardy over the next five years without significant new money. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

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Road construction crewman work on a roadway Monday, April 28, 2014, in Springfield, Ill. A group of transit advocates is pointing to uncertain funding from Congress and rapidly declining state spending on roads, bridges and railways to bolster its plan for raising taxes and fees for long-term investment. The Transportation for Illinois Coalition is sending a letter to state lawmakers this week warning that acceptable road and bridge conditions are in jeopardy over the next five years without significant new money. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

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Road construction crewman work on a roadway Monday, April 28, 2014, in Springfield, Ill. A group of transit advocates is pointing to uncertain funding from Congress and rapidly declining state spending on roads, bridges and railways to bolster its plan for raising taxes and fees for long-term investment. The Transportation for Illinois Coalition is sending a letter to state lawmakers this week warning that acceptable road and bridge conditions are in jeopardy over the next five years without significant new money. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

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Rep. Rogers Pope, left, R-Denham Springs, Rep. Ted James, D-Baton Rouge, center, and Rep. Nick Lorusso, D-New Orleans, review proposed changes to next year's budget during a meeting of the House Appropriations Committee, Monday, April 28, 2014, in Baton Rouge, La. The committee reworked Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's spending plan for the 2014-15 budget year. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

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Rep. Rogers Pope, left, R-Denham Springs, asks questions about proposed changes to next year's budget during a meeting of the House Appropriations Committee, Monday, April 28, 2014, in Baton Rouge, La. The committee reworked Gov. Bobby Jindal's spending plan for the 2014-15 budget year. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

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Rep. John Schroder, R-Covington, explains his proposed changes to next year's budget during a meeting of the House Appropriations Committee on Monday, April 28, 2014, in Baton Rouge, La. The committee reworked Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's spending plan for the 2014-15 budget year. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

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FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 11, 2013 file photo CEO of state-controlled Russian oil company Rosneft Igor Sechin commissions new equipment at the Rosneft oil refinery in the Black Sea port of Tuapse, southern Russia. The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Monday, April 28, 2014, designated seven Russian government officials, including two key members of the Russian leadership’s inner circle, and 17 entities pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13661. E.O. 13661 authorizes sanctions on, among others, officials of the Russian Government and any individual or entity that is owned or controlled by, that has acted for or on behalf of, or that has provided material or other support to, a senior Russian government official. Sechin is on the list. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service, File)

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Montpelier Mayor John Hollar, left, U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, second from right, and Dan Keene, right, owner of Lamoille Valley Ford, listen as Karen Glitman, second from left, of the Vermont Energy Investment Corp., speaks about the importance of electric vehicles, Monday, April 28, 2014, in Montpelier, Vt. Welch said he is planning to introduce legislation in Congress to increase the tax credit for the purchase of electric vehicles to up to $10,000 as a way to make it easier for people to buy electric cars. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)