Transportation

House Advances 16 Bills on Vehicle Safety and Public Health

Why it matters: The House Energy and Commerce Committee held a wide-ranging full committee markup on May 21, 2026, advancing 16 bills spanning vehicle...

Transportation

House Committee Clashes Over D.C. Congestion Pricing Ban

Why it matters: The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a full committee markup on May 20, advancing a mix of bipartisan and contested...

Labor and Employment

TSA Modernization Hearing Reveals Budget Cuts, Staffing Crisis

Why it matters: The House Homeland Security Committee convened a hearing on TSA modernization on May 20, 2026, as the agency approaches its 25th...

Government Operations

Michael Davisson Promoted on Senate Transportation Subcommittee

Michael Davisson has been promoted to Senior Professional Staff Member on the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee's Surface...

Congress

Committee Moves to Prevent Transportation Funding Collapse

Federal highway, transit, and rail programs lose their authorization on September 30, 2026, when the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act expires. Without...

Government Operations

Trump DOT Budget Slashes Multiyear Infrastructure Funding

The Trump Administration's DOT FY2027 funding request lands at a moment of maximum uncertainty for federal transportation policy. The Infrastructure...

Transportation

House Committee Blocks D.C. Congestion Toll Plan

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's May 20 markup touches issues ranging from congressional gridlock over duplicative federal programs to...

Legislation

Gas Tax Holiday Would Undermine Highway Funding

The politics of a federal gas tax suspension are easy. The policy is not.

Transportation

TSA Modernization at 25-Year Crossroads

As the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks approaches, Congress is preparing to take a hard look at whether the agency created in the attacks'...

Congress

DOT Budget Hearing Scrutinizes Transportation Crisis Stakes

The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies is set to hold a DOT budget hearing on May 19,...

Congress

Senate Presses FAA on Crash Safety Reforms

More than 16 months after a midair collision over the Potomac River killed 67 people, the Senate is pressing the FAA on whether it has actually acted on the...

Transportation

Shutdown Threatens TSA, Security Ahead FIFA

A partial government shutdown that has now stretched across half of fiscal year 2026 is leaving TSA officers unpaid, CISA cybersecurity operations...

Congress

U.S. Shipbuilding Gap Threatens National Security

The United States builds fewer than 100,000 tons of commercial shipping annually. China builds more than 40 million. That gap — and its implications for...

Legislation

# House Passes ALERT Act 396-10, Mandating Major Aviation Safety Overhaul After Potomac Collision

The ALERT Act floor vote on April 16, 2026, produced one of the more striking displays of bipartisan agreement this Congress has seen — 396 to 10 — as the...

Legislation

Federal Highway Funding Crisis Looms Before 2026

The clock is ticking on one of Washington's most consequential — and least glamorous — legislative tasks: rewriting the rules for how the federal government...

Congress

Army Prioritizes Speed, Mobility Over Vehicle Protection

The U.S. Army's Infantry Squad Vehicle ISV is quietly becoming one of the more consequential decisions in Army modernization — and a new Congressional...

Legislation

Congress Seeks Aviation Safety Law After Deadly Crash**

More than a year after a midair collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter killed 67 people near Reagan National...