(Undated) -- Federal lawmakers have put an end to federal funding for President Obama’s national high-speed rail program next year. But, it may be too early call it the end of high speed rail in Pennsylvania. Republican midstate Congressman Bill Shuster of Franklin County says since Philadelphia is part of Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor, a potential region for high-speed rail, the commonwealth won’t miss out on any future funding. But Dick Voith, with PenTrans, a group supporting public transportation in the commonwealth, says justifying the slash of federal money for high speed rail by saying it won’t hurt Pennsylvania is shortsighted. "The people who want to kill high speed rail would be very content to kill high speed rail in the northeast as well," he says. "So, the fact that Pennsylvania has dodged the immediate bullet doesn’t mean that it will dodge the next bullet." One high-speed rail opponent at the libertarian Cato Institute says the national high speed rail program envisioned by President Obama is likely dead, because people are doing double-takes over the costs involved. But a top Democratic U.S. Senator and high-speed rail champion says there’s still a chance the president’s vision can be funded through another Transportation Department program.