Senate passes FAA bill after battle over new flights out of Washington's Reagan National Airport
The Washington Times -

The Senate passed legislation Thursday authorizing the Federal Aviation Administration for the next five years over the objections of Virginia and Maryland Democrats who sought to block a provision adding ten additional flights into or out of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

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