Senate Advances FAA Reauthorization as Deadline Looms

After voting 84–13 on May 9 to invoke cloture and move forward with debate, the Senate is closer to passing the long-awaited legislation.

The Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration building in Washington on July 21, 2007. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. Senate is now one step closer to passing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) five-year reauthorization bill before the May 10 deadline.

Senators voted 84–13 on May 9 to invoke cloture, which limits the timeline for debate over amendments and moves the Senate closer to passing the 1,068-page aviation bill.