US Senate

Two U.S. senators have introduced legislation that would require the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to take a formal role in supporting women drivers. The Promoting Women in Trucking Workforce Act, introduced Nov. 14 by Sens. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., and Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.,...

U.S. Senate lawmakers chose not to follow their colleagues in the U.S. House who had sought to bar federal regulators from pre-empting states that choose to enforce stricter meal and rest-break laws. An appropriations package passed by the Republican-controlled Senate on October 31 did not include...

A proposal to limit the speed of heavy trucks to 65 mph proposed earlier this year by truck safety groups has been taken up by two U.S. Senators. "The Cullum Owings Large Truck Safe Operating Speed Act of 2019," introduced on June 27 by Johnny Isakson (R-Georgia) and Chris Coons (D-Delaware),...

Some members of Congress remain determined to address the question of whether having more crew members on a train makes that train safer. Senators Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts) and Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) this week introduced a bill aimed at requiring minimum train crew size. The bill "Safe Freight Act...

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin spoke to the Senate Banking Committee endorsing chairman Mike Crapo’s banking deregulation bill that would raise the systemically important financial institution asset threshold from $50 billion to $250 billion, reducing the number of institutions that would...

The U.S. Senate voted 50–48 Thursday to repeal web privacy rules that prevent broadband service providers and telecommunications carriers from selling customer data without consent. Repealing Privacy The measure required companies such as Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA), Verizon...

It took them long enough, didn't it? The Senate finally passed the small jobs bill that President Obama has been clamoring for today, by a 61-38 margin, allowing the Democrats to show they are working to get the economy going again. The House has already passed a version similar to this bill, and...

The US Senate, by a margin of 54 to 45, struck down Senator Ben Nelson's (D) amendment to the healthcare reform bill currently under debate, that would have restricted women's access to abortions even more than the Stupak Amendment included in the House version of the bill. Perhaps in a nod to...

Washington Post reporter, Ezra Klein reports that his sources confirm that there has been discussion amongst the Senate surrounding a compromise in the healthcare debate. Pro public option forces have been stymied by Republicans and Conservative Democrats who are opposed to the public option (read...