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The Senate Commerce chairman worries passengers will be caught by surprise when airports begin requiring Real IDs to pass through security. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images file photo)

Senate chairman worried ‘Real ID’ will shock air travelers

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted September 16, 2019 at 6:30am
North Carolina Highway 12 leading onto Hatteras Island is covered with sand after Hurricane Dorian hit the area on Sept. 6. The draft stopgap spending bill being circulated by Democrats would accommodate a White House request to speed up disaster relief spending for Dorian cleanup as other tropical disturbances still threaten. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Draft stopgap would protect Ukraine aid, deny wall flexibility

By Kellie Mejdrich
Posted September 11, 2019 at 2:33pm
Senate Appropriations Chairman Richard C. Shelby, R-Ala., has seen the Senate’s appropriations process begin to fray this week. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senate appropriations process continues to devolve

By David Lerman and Jennifer Shutt
Posted September 11, 2019 at 11:46am
In most cases, it’s congressional staff members who K Street really clamors for. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Retiring lawmakers will face tough market on K Street

By Kate Ackley
Posted September 9, 2019 at 11:36am
A MARC commuter train leaves a station in Brunswick, Md. (CQ Roll Call file photo)

White House pushes ban on Chinese-made buses, rail cars

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted September 6, 2019 at 8:30am
Sens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Mike Rounds, R-S.D., say incentives in the bill would only benefit wealthy people in coastal states while leaving out rural America. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Senate biofuel advocates want a piece of transportation bill

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted August 2, 2019 at 7:53am
Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman John Barrasso, R-Wyo., said. “The bill will speed up project delivery will cut Washington red tape, so projects can get done faster, better, cheaper and smarter.” (File photo by Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Highway bill upping spending by a quarter gets OK from Senate committee

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted July 31, 2019 at 9:21am
Union Station has grave security vulnerabilities, according to a report by Amtrak’s inspector general. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Amtrak IG details Union Station security deficiencies

By Chris Marquette
Posted July 30, 2019 at 5:07pm
Senate Environment and Public Works chairman John Barrasso, in light of a new bill that aims to increase funding for repair of roads and bridges and that this can 'make the roads safer for every family driving on them. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Road bill would hike spending by 25 percent, speed permits and add climate title

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted July 29, 2019 at 4:42pm
Boeing 737 Max airplanes are stored on employee parking lots near Boeing Field in Seattle. (Stephen Brashear/Getty Images)

Boeing 737 Max grounded following international accidents, downs U.S. export numbers

By Mark Bocchetti
Posted July 24, 2019 at 5:03pm