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February 2, 2021

Here are the 13 GOP senators who voted against confirming Secretary Buttigieg

The Senate confirmed Pete Buttigieg as President Biden’s Transportation Secretary Tuesday in bipartisan fashion, but not entirely without GOP dissent. 

February 2, 2021

Senate approves Pete Buttigieg as Biden's transportation secretary

Pete Buttigieg, known throughout his 2020 presidential bid as "Mayor Pete," got a big promotion Tuesday to become President Biden's next transportation secretary. 

January 27, 2021

Biden transportation pick Buttigieg advances in Senate

A Senate panel on Wednesday easily advanced President Joe Biden's nomination of Pete Buttigieg to be transportation secretary, setting up a final confirmation vote for a key role in Biden's push to rebuild the nation's infrastructure and confront climate change.

January 21, 2021

Buttigieg floats gas tax hike despite concern about regressive impact

Transportation Secretary nominee Pete Buttigieg expressed an openness to a federal gas tax increase in order to pump more money into the suffering Highway Trust Fund.

January 21, 2021

LIVE UPDATES: Buttigieg defends Biden ending Keystone XL pipeline

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January 21, 2021

Pete Buttigieg: 5 things to know

Former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg first made a splash in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary as the previously almost-unknown midwest mayor rocketed to the top of the polls. Now he is President Biden's choice to be the next secretary of transportation.

December 23, 2020

Biden's pick Buttigieg agrees to look for emails related to ID card program for illegal immigrants

The incoming Biden administration’s nominee for transportation secretary will be busy producing emails for a conservative government watchdog group about his role in establishing a special residential ID card program for illegal immigrants.

December 19, 2020

During Buttigieg’s tenure as mayor, South Bend had transportation scandal

Pete Buttigieg, who President-elect Joe Biden has nominated as Transportation Secretary, dealt with a public transportation scandal while he was the Mayor of South Bend, Indiana. 

December 17, 2020

Jason Chaffetz: Joe Biden and former rival Pete Buttigieg — what's really behind Transportation nomination

Joe Biden apparently felt pressure to appoint his former rival for the Democratic presidential nomination to something. But what?

December 17, 2020

NPR gushes over Buttigieg’s ‘personal love of transportation,’ quickly gets roasted

NPR was roasted on social media Wednesday after fawning over Pete Buttigieg, President-elect Joe Biden's pick for transportation secretary, after famously refusing to cover the Hunter Biden scandal.