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Lawmakers to participate in ‘car exchange’

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By Keith Laing, The Hill, September 3, 2014 | comments
A bipartisan pair of House members are participating in a “car exchange” to experience how each other experiences U.S. roads.

The lawmakers, Reps. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) and Janice Hahn (D-Calif.), said this week that they will rent cars models that are similar to their counterpart’s respective automobiles.

Davis drives a Ford F-150 Crew Cab pickup and Hahn drives a Nissan Leaf electric vehicle.

The lawmakers said this week said the experience would be useful as Congress prepares to debate a long-term transportation funding bill in the coming months.

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