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'Parting gift': Chicago, Los Angeles receive BILLIONS in transportation funding from Pres. Obama

Imagine if Donald Trump had proposed billions of dollars in new infrastructure spending that only benefits voters in rosy-red states? There’d be an outcry, right?

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But when President Obama does it with mere weeks left in his term, it’s crickets.

Chicago is set to receive $1.1 billion for the Red Line elevated train…

…while Los Angeles got $1.6 billion for its subway:

Ka. Ching.

President Obama is set to give his goodbye speech in Chicago on Tuesday.

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