CITY OF WASHINGTON (July 28, 2021)--Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announces senators have deal on 'major issues' in infrastructure talks. “We now have an agreement on the major issues,” said Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, the lead GOP negotiator. “We are prepared to move forward.” The Democrat leading her party’s infrastructure…

WASHINGTON (July 27, 2021)— Senators and the White House are locked in intense negotiations to salvage a bipartisan infrastructure deal, with pressure mounting on all sides to wrap up talks and show progress on President Joe Biden’s top priority. Despite weeks of closed-door discussions, senators from the bipartisan group blew…

CITY OF WASHINGTON (July 21, 2021)-- The US Senate on Wednesday voted not to proceed to debate on a bipartisan infrastructure package over several unresolved issues in the framework, though senators in the bipartisan group that crafted the deal say the vote could succeed as soon as next week. The…

SURFSIDE, Fla. (July 3, 2021) — Rescuers suspended their search for the living and the dead in the rubble of a collapsed South Florida condo building Saturday to allow crews to start preparing the unstable remainder of the structure for demolition ahead of a tropical storm. The search and rescue…

MISSISSIPPI (June 30, 2021)--U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, hosted U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo for a tour of sites along the Mississippi Gulf Coast on Friday, June 25. Wicker invited Raimondo to tour the Mississippi Gulf Coast prior…

WASHINGTON (June 24, 2021) — A bipartisan group of senators is seeking President Joe Biden’s support for a $953 billion infrastructure plan, raising hopes for a breakthrough agreement after arduous negotiations on his top legislative priority. Biden has invited members of the group of 21 senators, Republicans and Democrats, to…