The Senate passed sweeping bipartisan legislation that would set aviation policy for the coming years, with provisions aiming to alleviate flight disruptions, staff up on air traffic controllers, and advance new technology.
The chamber voted 88-4 to approve the measure — which authorizes more than $105 billion through fiscal 2028 — without voting on any amendments on the floor after days of negotiations over additions that senators were seeking. House and Senate committee leaders spent months negotiating the compromise legislation (and then updated it this week with changes around automatic refund language.
The legislation, which now needs to be passed ...