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American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves sent a letter to every member of Congress asking them to pass a fiscal 2015 expansive omnibus funding bill during the post-election lame-duck session.

Oregon Democrat Peter DeFazio will look to take over as the ranking member on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in the next Congress, a senior House aide told Transport Topics.

Voters in Maryland and Wisconsin said overwhelmingly they want a lock on their state’s transportation fund so the money cannot be spent on anything else.

Service industries in the U.S. sustained a faster pace of expansion in October than in the first half of the year, indicating the world’s largest economy is overcoming a global slowdown.

Voters handed control of the U.S. Senate to Republicans on Election Night, strengthening the GOP's ability to advance transportation initiatives when the next Congress convenes in January.

A majority of voters from West Virginia’s rural 3rd Congressional District have opted not to send Rep. Nick Rahall back to Congress for a 20th term.

As expected, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) defeated Democratic challenger Shenna Bellows in the Nov. 4 midterm elections, to win a fourth term in the Senate, according to press reports.

Management and labor groups who have been negotiating a new West Coast dock workers’ contract traded accusations as the talks drag on for almost six months without an agreement.