Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Safety

Senior Dems Release New Distracted Driving Bill as LaHood Testifies

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Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) today unveiled his plan to take an incentive-based approach to distracted driving as Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood testified on the Obama administration’s campaign to end the use of electronic devices behind the wheel. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) (Photo: Wired) Rockefeller’s bill, co-sponsored by three Republicans […]

House GOPer Goes ‘All Aboard for Gun Rights on Amtrak’

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Rep. Peter King (NY), the senior Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee, has strongly criticized a Senate-approved provision that would force Amtrak to allow guns on board — but some of King’s colleagues fired back yesterday by introducing a counterpart to the Senate’s proposal. Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-MT) (Photo: DennyRehberg.com) Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-MT) […]