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Senate to (finally) vote on FAA bill

October 2, 2018

Via: Politico

The FAA bill cleared a procedural hurdle Monday night and Republican senators say they expect a vote today. “It’s gonna pass by an overwhelming margin,” Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) told MT. It’s been 460 days since the Senate Commerce Committee approved an FAA reauthorization bill (S. 1405 (115)), which never got floor time. The legislation the upper chamber is expected to vote on today, H.R. 302 (115), was unveiled Sept. 22 after weeks of negotiations between the House and Senate. The House last week passed the package, which also contains TSA and NTSB reauthorizations. Read our coverage of what’s in it for DHS, drone operators, airports, passenger airplanes and more.

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