With many forecasters placing Democrats as slight favorites to win the Senate in eight days, we thought we’d start this pre-election week with a committee primer to get you up to speed with what transportation policy might look like in a blue upper chamber.
Commerce: Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) lined up a committee switch last year with just this opportunity in mind. The Commerce Committee’s wide-ranging jurisdiction on tech and transportation includes oversight of several massive companies in her state (Amazon, Microsoft, Boeing and Alaska Airlines, to name a few).
