No more earmarks. No more boondoggles. No more bridges to nowhere.

President Obama, who has proposed building new infrastructure to create jobs but not for projects like the one that sought more than $200 million from Washington to build a bridge to a sparsely populated area with light traffic. The group behind the project is still trying to get state financial backing.

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President Obama, who has proposed building new infrastructure to create jobs but not for projects like the one that sought more than $200 million from Washington to build a bridge to a sparsely populated area with light traffic. The group behind the project is still trying to get state financial backing.

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Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.
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