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U.S. Senate

November 2009
Wed 18: 'This Needs Attention': Senators Seek Shot in the Arm on Transportation 0
Tue 17: 3 GOPers, 4 Dems Ask Reid to Call Up Six-Month Transport Bill Extension 0
Fri 13: Coal-Burning Electric Utilities Still Commanding Dem Senators' Attention 0
Tue 10: Grassley: 'Two or Three Other' Republicans Open to Climate Change Deal 0
Tue 10: Why Urban Residents Have a Bone to Pick With Vitter and Bennett 0
Fri 6: Senate's Next Climate Hearing to Feature Big Oil-Backed Critics 0
Thu 5: How Important is a United Front on the Climate Bill? 0
Thu 5: Boxer Okays Senate Climate Bill, Without Amendments or GOP 2
Wed 4: Kerry: There's a Narrow Window For GOP Cooperation on Pricing Pollution 1
Tue 3: Senate Democrats Poke Holes in GOP's Climate Change 'Boycott' 0
Tue 3: The Senate Climate Bill Reaches a First Milestone Today -- Maybe 1
October 2009
Thu 29: The New Curveball: A $150 Billion Transportation Down Payment 0
Thu 29: Inhofe Blasts Transport Bill Inaction That Comes From His Own Party 1
Thu 29: A Republican Returns to Congress With A Map to Transportation Reform 0
Wed 28: Philly Mayor Tells Senate: Climate Bill Can Help Make Cities Greener 1
Tue 27: Transport Policy Update: Senate to Pass 6-Month Extension This Week 0
Tue 27: At Senate Climate Hearings, Lots of Transport Talk and All Eyes on Baucus 0
Mon 26: GOP Senators Protest Evaluating the Climate Impacts of Transport Projects 0
Mon 26: Senate Climate Bill Triples the House's Investments in Clean Transport 0
Fri 23: Senate Signals 6-Month Delay for Transport Bill -- But Will the House Agree? 0
Thu 15: Senior Dem Senator to Offer Competing Plan to Limit Distracted Driving 0
Fri 9: Senate Climate Bill Delayed Yet Again As Obama Takes Nobel 1
Thu 8: Two More Senate Dems Back Plan to Devote Climate Money to Transit 1
Tue 6: Is a Bigger Transportation Bill -- This Year -- Back on the Table? 1
Thu 1: GOP Blocks Plan to Use Bailout Fund to Preserve $8.7B in Transport Money 0
September 2009
Wed 30: Senate Passes One-Month Extension of Transport Law ... For Now 0
Wed 30: Senate Climate Bill Released With Much Fanfare, Little Focus on Transport 2
Tue 29: Senate Climate Bill Leaks: The Good News and Bad News for Transport 0
Thu 24: Deja Vu: Congress Could Put Off Deal on Transport Bill Until Next Month 1
Wed 23: House Voting Today on Transport Law Extension -- Or Not? 2
Thu 17: Pro-Gun Group: Senator Shows 'Bigotry' by Opposing Firearms on Amtrak 6
Thu 17: Warner Scores a (Small) Win for White House's Transportation Agenda 0
Wed 16: Klobuchar & Webb: Dems' Unlikely Opponents of Bike-Ped Investment 4
Tue 15: More on McCain's Anti-Transit and Coburn's Anti-Bike Amendments 2
Fri 11: White House Tells Senate: Grants No Substitute For Infrastructure Bank 0
Wed 9: Dodd Stays at Helm of Transit Panel -- But at a Cost to Climate Bill? 0
Tue 8: Compromise or Concession: Congress Faces Tough Transport Choices 0
Thu 3: Mmmm, This 'Pork' Sounds Tasty: Senators Serve Up Transit Aid 2
August 2009
Mon 31: Senate Climate Bill Delayed for Second Time 0
Mon 31: Senator Dukakis? What Kennedy's Loss Could Mean for Transport Policy 1
Wed 19: Carper: Climate Bill Must Focus on Transport, Not Just Power Plants 0
Fri 14: Oil Industry Tears Page from Health Care Playbook to Battle Climate Bill 1
Fri 14: Report: Boxer 'Sympathetic to' Backers of More Climate Money for Transit 2
Tue 11: Senate's New DOT Spending Bill Eases One Transit Funding Barrier 1
Fri 7: The Senate's 'Clunkers' Vote: Who Crossed Party Lines? (UPDATED) 1
Thu 6: Transit Union Apologizes to Senate After Campaign-Finance Flap 2
Wed 5: The Perils of Taking Transit Advice From an Alabama Senator 2
Tue 4: Following 'Cash for Clunkers' with 'Riches for Rail' 0
Mon 3: Separating Myth from Fact on "Cash for Clunkers" 3
July 2009
Thu 30: McCain & Coburn: Let's Make Roads Safer -- by Slashing Safety Money 0
Thu 30: Senate Debating House's $7B Trust Fund Fix, With 4 GOP Amendments 0
Wed 29: Senate Panel Backs $1.2B for High Speed Rail, $1.4B Extra For Highways 2
Wed 29: Four Senators Propose Pushing States to Ban Texting While Driving 1
Thu 23: Prospects for Oberstar's Transportation Reauthorization Dimming 0
Tue 21: Senate Agrees on $26.8 Billion Highway Trust Fund Rescue 0
Wed 15: Lawmakers Cross Party Lines on Transpo Funding as Debate Rages 0
Tue 14: Obama's Agenda for Cities: Enough Talk 0
Tue 7: Getting the Message 3
Mon 6: Adding More Transportation to the Climate Change Mix 2
June 2009
Tue 23: The High-Speed Rail Numbers Game: Is $13 Billion and 110MPH Enough? 0
Tue 16: GOP's New Attack on Health Care Reform Bill: It Promotes Walking! 10
Mon 15: Flashback: Is Obama Flipping on Highway Corruption Laws? 3
Fri 12: Congress Agrees to Keep Transit Operating Aid in War Bill 1
Wed 10: When Will Oberstar's Transportation Bill Drop? Place Your Bets Now 1
Tue 9: GOP-ers and Dems Agree: Feds Need to Get Their Transpo Act Together 0
May 2009
Thu 14: Congress Takes a First Step Towards Reshaping Transportation Policy 4
Thu 14: LaHood: NYC's Congestion Pricing Money Still There for the Taking 12
Wed 13: Senators Hear From Obama's Transit Chief-in-Waiting 0
Mon 11: Boxer: Collect Fees on Driving Through 'Honor System' 9
Wed 6: Will Barbara Boxer Stand Up for Sustainable Transportation? 1
April 2009
Wed 29: We Need an Ambitious Transpo Bill. So How Are We Going to Pay for It? 17
February 2009
Tue 10: Senate Approves Stimulus Bill -- On to Conference Committee 0
Mon 9: Senate Requires Environmental Approval For Stimulus Projects 7
Wed 4: Update on Stimulus Action in the Senate -- Keep Up the Pressure 3
Wed 4: Urgent Action: Oppose Highway Robbery in Senate Stim Bill 6
Tue 3: Republican Minority Blocks Murray Amendment 0