Senate Moves Closer to Reauthorizing FAA by Jackson Richman, Jacob Burg – US Politics News

The U.S. Senate moved closer on May 1 to reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration for five more years, though a host of issues remain with the May 10 deadline fast approaching.
The motion to invoke cloture on the bipartisan $105 billion bill was anything but turbulent as the vote was 89–10.
Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Mark Warner (D-Va.) Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), Chris van Hollen (D-Md.), and John Kennedy (R-La.) voted against invoking cloture on the legislation.
The most notable issue with the measure is increasing the number of long-distance flights at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), which the federal government has jurisdiction over….