UAW President Shawn Fain on Kamala Harris VP contenders: “Two names really resonate high with our union. The top name was Andy Beshear…And then also Governor Walz in Minnesota. Those are really our top two people.”

Such great news, via Jennifer Jacobs — “Russia is releasing Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan as part of a major prisoner swap with the US, according to people familiar with the situation.” bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Walz is the pick rollcall.com/2024/08/06/min…

I guess it's time to share this Meredith Shiner and Warren Rojas gem rollcall.com/2014/03/12/tim…

One reason for Governor Tim Walz pick: His economic record matches what Harris’ admin hopes to do nationally: child tax credit, junk fee crackdown & paid leave, per person close to the process.

A transportation note: Governor Tim Walz signed legislation in 2023 requiring two-person crews aboard freight trains in the state. Came a few months after the East Palestine derailment.

Team Roll Call’s coverage from Monday night in Chicago heralded by Jason Joseph Dick and Niels Lesniewski rollcall.com/2024/08/20/dem…

Auto industry bailouts during the Great Recession may have saved as many as 1.5 million jobs, but Tim Walz broke with most Dems to oppose the measures, how will that play in Michigan? My latest for Roll Call rollcall.com/2024/08/20/wal…

T&I Chair Rep. Sam Graves addresses potential Canadian freight rail stoppage:

McConnell on Brent Spence bridge funding: “But look - I had watched the Obama Administration not be able to put it together. I had a first-row seat during the Trump Administration - my wife was Secretary of Transportation - so I knew they had been unable to put it together”

Pennsylvania Rep. Chris Deluzio’s first ad of his reelection bid focuses on his work responding to the 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. rollcall.com/2024/08/29/del…

Vance appeals to truckers yesterday in Erie, Pa: “You think groceries are bad? Wait until Kamala Harris makes every American trucker drive an electric truck,” he said. goerie.com/story/news/pol…

The Trump campaign is promising to rescind Biden-era energy-sector regulations intended to curtail greenhouse gas emissions and help the nation reach international climate targets. ow.ly/779Z50TaetA

“Think of a charging station like a fuel pump with electricity coming out of it.” — Donald Trump, Sept. 5, 2024

Inbox: Chuck Schumer joins Siemens Mobility in announcing that America's first high-speed rail production facility will be built in upstate New York and will serve Brightline West. Production expected to start in 2026.

Happy election year September 🤗

Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., moves to the top of the Senate's most vulnerable list ow.ly/8eFE50TlPAm

Many House members are vulnerable. Here’s the Top 10: ow.ly/GAF650TlRMI

NEWS: UAW's Shawn Fain just announced a strike vote against Jeep-maker Stellantis for abandoning commitments in the '23 contract, including reopening Belvidere. washingtonpost.com/business/2024/…

BREAKING: TEAMSTERS UNION SAYS POLL OF MEMBERS SHOW 58% SUPPORTED TRUMP COMPARED WITH 31% FOR HARRIS