Senate News Updates

Government

Lautenberg Won’t Seek Re-Election in 2014

Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), a longtime advocate of transportation safety and infrastructure, will not seek reelection in 2014, he announced Thursday.

February 14, 2013
Government

Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Rockefeller to Retire in 2014

Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), chairman of the powerful Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, announced Friday that he will not seek reelection in 2014 after serving five terms in the U.S. Senate.

January 11, 2013
GovernmentBusiness

New Push by Senate Committee Chairman Focuses on FAA Funding, Rail Competition

Two transport issues left over from the last Congress are moving in different directions on Capitol Hill in the early days of the current congressional session.

February 7, 2011