Senate overwhelmingly passes FAA reauthorization, sending bill to House

The Senate passed a five-year reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) connected Thursday, putting unit connected the House to besides walk the measurement earlier the Friday astatine midnight deadline. 

The Securing Growth and Robust Leadership successful American Aviation Act passed the precocious enclosure by a ballot of 88 to 4, despite pushback from Virginia and Maryland lawmakers connected further flights added to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. 

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., stressed the value of getting the reauthorization past some chambers and signed earlier its expiration connected Friday, May 10. 

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Sens. Mitch McConnell, left, and Chuck Schumer. (Getty Images)

"If we fto backing for the FAA lapse, it could beryllium disastrous for the information of our skies and the ratio of our airports," helium warned his colleagues connected Wednesday. 

While the re-authorization passed the Senate, it inactive needs to beryllium voted connected by the House earlier heading to President Biden. However, the House has already adjourned for the week. 

Before leaving, lawmakers successful the little enclosure passed a one-week hold to the FAA, giving them clip to see its re-authorization erstwhile they instrumentality adjacent week. 

After passing the FAA bill, the Senate approved the House's week-long stopgap measurement to widen the FAA by unanimous consent.

The FAA re-authorization appeared to person the wide enactment of senators connected a cardinal procedural ballot past week, with lone 10 lawmakers opposing cloture for the bill. 89 voted successful favour of limiting statement connected the question to proceed, acold much than the indispensable 60. 

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., stressed the value of getting the reauthorization past some chambers and signed earlier its expiration connected May 10.  (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

However, those who aren't blessed with the measure don't look apt to beryllium swayed, and the absorption of adjacent a tiny fig of lawmakers successful th precocious enclosure tin beryllium to beryllium a important obstacle, peculiarly if they are moving connected an encroaching deadline. 

Those who voted against their colleagues connected the archetypal procedural hurdle included senators from Virginia and Maryland, who reiterated concerns implicit added flights to the Washington airdrome and sought to person an amendment region them.

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Virginia Democratic Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine and Maryland Democratic Sens. Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen specifically introduced an amendment to "block further flights successful and retired of DCA from this year’s FAA Reauthorization Act due to the fact that rider information should beryllium the fig 1 precedence erstwhile it comes to authorities impacting our airports."

Others appeared to besides beryllium holding retired for votes connected assorted amendments they hoped to person included. 

The Senate passed a five-year reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) connected Thursday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

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One interest for Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, is the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)'s acceptance of the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) app arsenic valid recognition for amerciable immigrants. He offered arsenic an amendment to the FAA measure his antecedently introduced VALID Act, which would specifically forestall usage of the app arsenic an ID for migrants. 

Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, successful particular, wanted to spot the Affordable Connectivity Program, which provides subsidized high-speed net to low-income families, extended arsenic a portion of the FAA's five-year extension. 

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Additionally, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., had continued his propulsion to person his measure that would compensate atomic radiation victims added to the measure, which helium had lobbied to person considered successful assorted large pieces of legislation. The measure passed the Senate but hasn't been taken up successful the little chamber. 

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, the ranking subordinate of the Senate Commerce Committee, remarked past week that the measure would beryllium "a bicameral and a bipartisan accomplishment. It is the culmination of galore months of enactment betwixt america and our staffs and is reflective of the priorities of a large galore Senators."