[sustran] Amtrak Reform Council Finds Amtrak Will Not Become Self Sufficient

[Wendell Cox]

AMTRAK REFORM COUNCIL FINDING
Amtrak Off-Track for Self-Sufficiency, Norquist Casts Deciding Vote
9 November 2001 The Amtrak Reform Council (ARC) today made its statutorily
required finding that Amtrak would not achieve operating self-sufficiency by
December 2002. The finding was passed by a 6-5 vote, with Clinton appointee
Mayor John Norquist of Milwaukee casting the deciding vote after the Council
had deadlocked at 5-5. Under the Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act, ARC
must submit a reorganization plan to the Congress within 90 days and Amtrak
must submit a liquidation plan.

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