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Conditions at virtually all 423 National Park sites have worsened in recent years.  Presidential Administrations and Congress have continually shortchanged parks' capital budgets. The result is crumbling roads and bridges, neglected historic buildings and threatened environmental resources.   According to a recent National Park Service (NPS) report, there is nearly a $12 billion backlog to get parks into good shape.  In Northeastern Pennsylvania, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (DWG), Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River (UD), and Steamtown National Historic Site in ...

Put a face to stories like this. some of your republican colleagues have argued all these long-term jobless benefits do is provide a disservice to the unemployed because they don't get any incentive to work. yesterday i had the chance to speak with a woman who lost her job in february. she's looked at least three times every week. her benefits have been cut off completely. i talked with her, and here's her reaction. >> it's infuriating. to say that someone doesn't want to work is -- it's just -- i can't even explain it. it leaves me speechless. i would give anything to be able to get up and to...

President is "far more interested in holding campaign-style rallies than urging his party in the senate to find a solution." alex, the sticking points are very familiar. they're the same sticking points that we've been talking about in a lot of these budget battles. president obama is demanding more revenue from taxes. republicans say they want to deal with this issue through entitlement reform and through spending cuts. they're also accusing the white house of using scare tactics to try to get something accomplished here. the white house denies those claims, but i can tell you there's a lot o...