After the enactment of a short-term government funding bill, congressional fiscal 2024 budget negotiations are expected to continue through the holidays.

Speaker Mike Johnson insisted the House Republican caucus would unite during government funding negotiations with senators.

Ending the threat of a government shutdown until after the holidays, Congress gave final approval to a temporary funding package that pushes a fight over the budget into the new year.

WASHINGTON — Enhancing parking availability for truck drivers would improve safety on the nation’s roadways, a senior Iowa trucking executive recently told senators.

Legislation designed to safeguard certain identifiable information of individuals moving internationally was advanced this month by a committee in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer directed their chambers to proceed with fiscal 2024 budget legislation.

Transportation leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives recently raised awareness about the funding needs of an account central to highway projects.

WASHINGTON — Republicans eagerly elected Rep. Mike Johnson as House speaker on Oct. 25, elevating a deeply conservative but lesser-known leader to the seat of U.S. power and ending for now the political chaos in their majority.

A leading proponent of repealing a tax on the purchase of new trucks called on colleagues to endorse his effort.

The campaign for a new speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives has sidelined legislation designed to fund the Department of Transportation through fiscal 2024.