Quick update: FAA reauthorization still logjammed
May 6, 2008 by Evan Sparks
At 2:30, the Senate voted down a cloture motion on the FAA reauthorization bill amendments offered by Senator Jay Rockefeller (see here). Majority Leader Harry Reid deployed a procedural tactic to prevent any amendments he didn’t approve, and, as promised, Republicans mustered forty-two votes (two more than necessary) to keep the Senate from ending debate on the legislation.
