Senators pepper airline officials about DC-to-district flights

A Senate Commerce Committee hearing into Tom Wheeler's nomination as Federal Communications Commission chairman quickly turned into a partisan debate about the FCC's future. Read the whole story

ALL EYES ON WHEELER — The president's nominee to lead the FCC plays guest to the Senate Commerce Committee this afternoon, and tech and telecom circles should get ready to hear the word competition a lot. From Tom Wheeler's prepared testimony: ...

(Congressional Documents and Publications/ContentWorks via COMTEX) -- Mr. Wheeler, when confirmed, you will lead an agency that has the most challenging and complicated issues pending since the Commission implemented the 1996 Telecommunications Act.

The Senate Commerce Committee endorsed a bill that backers say will spur construction by eliminating the 2012 codes in favor of 2009 standards, which are 30-percent lower than today's energy-use benchmarks. Democratic lawmakers and other critics ...

WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), Chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced her support for President Obama's nominee for Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, following a meeting this morning at her ...

E&C A REFUGE FROM ETHANOL IRE: Pro-ethanol Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee see no reason to worry about their panel's probe of the EPA's biofuel mandate, which the GOP-friendly oil industry is fighting hard to repeal. They say ...

FOXX MOVES TO SENATE FLOOR: Anthony Foxx's nomination to lead the Department of Transportation heads to the Senate floor after the Commerce Committee unanimously voted in favor of the Charlotte mayor Monday evening. His confirmation appears to be a ...

WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) - The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday approved the nomination of White House chief international economic affairs adviser Mike Froman to be U.S. trade representative, setting the stage for full Senate approval. ...

The Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee held a hearing today on the nomination of Mr. Thomas Wheeler to be Chairman, Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV (WV) used the occasion to highlight ...