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A policy update of the nation’s highway network is guiding the legislative agenda for the Senate’s transportation committee, that panel’s leader affirmed Feb. 26.

Senate Republicans on the transportation committee explored strategies for streamlining the federal permitting process for infrastructure projects and mobility corridors.

Pressed by Republican senators, Chavez-DeRemer said she no longer supported the part of the bill that curtailed the ability of workers in unionized workplaces to opt-out of membership.

WASHINGTON — Former congressman Sean Duffy was confirmed by a vote of 77-22.

Pete Buttigieg and Michigan State Sen. Mallory McMorrow are weighing whether to mount a campaign for Michigan’s Senate seat after Sen. Gary Peters announced he wouldn’t seek another term.

Amazon has long been a target of worker’s rights advocates and labor unions, who say the company pushes its employees too hard in the name of getting packages to customers quickly.

Following the caucus’ announcement, Sen. John Thune explained the Republican team in the Senate would pursue Trump’s policies as well as assist with the confirmation of his top-level nominees.

Senior members of the Senate panel on freight policy have found themselves in competitive contests this fall as the parties vie for control of the chamber.

In a show of bipartisanship, senators voted to inject billions into the nation’s ports, dams and canals, passing a sweeping water infrastructure bill.

Legislation that would establish a supply chain resiliency program at the Department of Commerce was recently unveiled in the Senate.