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Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao indicated there could be support from the White House for higher gas taxes as she fielded questions at a Senate Transportation-HUD appropriations subcommittee meeting on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Asked about gas tax, Chao says ‘nothing is off the table’

By Herb Jackson
Posted March 28, 2019 at 5:00am
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is escorted into her chair by R.D. James, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, before a Senate Environment and Public Works Senate Committee in Dirksen Building titled “The Administration’s Framework for Rebuilding Infrastructure in America” on March 01, 2018. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Former Delta pilot named to lead FAA as Chao seeks Max 8 audit

By Herb Jackson
Posted March 20, 2019 at 10:20am
President Donald Trump delivers a speech on June 7, 2017 in Cincinnati, Ohio about transportation and infrastructure projects. Despite it being a major 2016 campaign promise, he has been unable to get anything on the topic moving on Capitol Hill. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

Trump is leaving infrastructure details to lawmakers. That has stymied them before

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 12, 2019 at 4:08pm
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., issued a statement from her presidential campaign that Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes should be grounded, adding to a growing chorus of concern about the airplanes. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Boeing faces increasing political pressure to ground 737 Max 8

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted March 12, 2019 at 2:12pm
A symbol based on the original Route 66 road signs is seen painted on the highway near an abandoned gas station (L) and Cafe in Ludlow, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)

5 ways Congress may try to fix the Highway Trust Fund

By Herb Jackson
Posted March 6, 2019 at 12:20pm
Democratic Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have championed the Green New Deal on Capitol Hill. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Green New Deal: Some Democrats on the fence

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted February 15, 2019 at 1:14pm
Varshini Prakash co-founded the Sunrise Movement, an environmental group, in 2017. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images file photo)

The change-makers: Roll Call’s people to watch in 2019

By Roll Call Staff
Posted February 8, 2019 at 5:03am
All roads leading to and from the Capitol will be closed to vehicles starting at 7 p.m. Tuesday in anticipation of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Road closures for Tuesday’s 2019 State of the Union

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted February 1, 2019 at 3:53pm
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., leaves the Senate floor after Senate rejected two attempts from Republicans and Democrats to reopen government on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senate shutdown talks hastened after airline disruption

By Camila DeChalus
Posted January 25, 2019 at 1:05pm
Stranded passengers relax near baggage claim at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Dec. 18, 2017, as hundreds of flights were canceled after a power outage at the airport. (Jessica McGowan/Getty Images file photo)

Atlanta fears shutdown impact on Super Bowl travelers

By Doug Sword
Posted January 24, 2019 at 5:05am