road-construction

"Tell Congress to get past their differences and send me a road-construction bill so that companies can put tens of thousands of people to work right now building our roads and bridges and airports and seaports," Mr. Obama told audiences.

Roads Bill Gets Another Look Josh Mitchell 2011

The state-run Xinhua news agency quoted a spokesman for the northern arm of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement as saying it was holding 29 Chinese nationals, who had been working on a road-construction project, following clashes between the rebel force and Sudanese government forces.

Chinese Are Missing After Attack in Sudan Brian Spegele 2012

The 29 road-construction workers were seized on Jan. 28, when rebels overran a Chinese work camp.

Sudanese Rebels Free 29 Chinese Hostages Nicholas Bariyo 2012

President Barack Obama recently shifted from calling for a national infrastructure bank that would finance transportation projects and create jobs to saying Congress should pass a bread-and-butter road-construction bill that would rely mostly on existing programs that could get projects under way faster.

Roads Bill Gets Another Look Josh Mitchell 2011

Separately, Mr. Obama on Wednesday in the Rose Garden will call on Congress to pass an extension of a road-construction bill, according to a White House official.

Government Could Create a Million Jobs, Obama Says Jared A. Favole 2011

Some of those ideas include extending a payroll-tax cut and introduction of a road-construction bill.

Put Politics Aside, Obama Says Jared Favole 2011

The kidnapped employees were working on a road-construction project in the region for the Chinese state-owned Power Construction Corp. of China, affiliated with Sinohydro Corp., which didn't respond to a request for comment on Monday.

Sudan Says Some Chinese Workers Freed; Doubts Remain Brian Spegele 2012

The workers, who were involved in a road-construction project, appeared to have been seized amid clashes between government forces and rebels.

Sudan Says Some Chinese Workers Freed; Doubts Remain Brian Spegele 2012

A local road-construction worker, 50-year-old Jerry Leonard, has become the Paul team's trustiest phone-banker.

Meditators Back Paul for Peace Neil King Jr. 2012

Mr. Obama, during a bus tour across the Midwest this past week, began calling instead for a road-construction bill.

Roads Bill Gets Another Look Josh Mitchell 2011