The House passed its bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration and set aspects of aviation policy with a wide bipartisan majority. Action now turns to the Senate, which has been slower to move its version of a bill.
at the airport closest to the U.S. Capitol — but the legislation has a long way to go before it sees President Joe Biden’s desk, and the clock is ticking., passed the House overwhelmingly, 351-69. It would reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration with about $103 billion over the next five years as the agency grapples with a crush of passengers returning to the skies in greater numbers than before the pandemic.
The overwhelmingly bipartisan House vote on the FAA bill is in sharp contrast to last week’s contentious defense bill, which passed by a slim margin on a nearly party-line vote. But months of bipartisan negotiations involving House Transportation Committee ChairIn a statement, Larsen called his partnership with Graves a “good faith process” that yielded a bipartisan bill that will improve safety, protect consumers and build on sustainability efforts.
“I appreciate the work of all my colleagues who helped develop and move this bill through the House today, and I look forward to finishing work on this bill with the Senate before the current FAA law expires in September,” Graves said in a statement. Each side also has lawmakers that are aligned — Delta with mostly Western lawmakers that would stand to benefit from more flights, and United with Washington, D.C. area lawmakers who are opposed.
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