Barbara Boxer and Harry Reid are airing their frustration with delays in getting a transportation bill passed. Image: The Guzzler Republican Senators have proposed a number of contentious amendments in order to stall the bill’s passage. Senator Barbara...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Wednesday used his own procedural maneuvers to block amendments to his chamber’s transportation bill. Reid set up a cloture vote for Friday on his amendment to merge the Environment and Public Works...

Reid also filed cloture on an amendment he offered that would attach the Finance, Commerce and Banking committee portions of the bill to the underlying Environment and Public Works Committee section of the measure, which is currently on the Senate floor.

Senate majority means many things. For National Republican Senatorial Committee Vice Chair Carly Fiorina, the outcome of November's election could hit close to home. "You know who the chairperson of the Environment and Public Works Committee is?" ...

San Onofre plant "to determine what further investigation and action is required at this time, and whether similar actions may be needed at other nuclear facilities." The NRC has been investigating the plant over the past week, after Southern California...

The goal is simple for Republican leaders and Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.): Get a highway bill — almost any highway bill — across the floor. That way, negotiations can begin with the Senate, where Environment...