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- Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, urged the House to re-vote on the ROTOR Act.
- The ROTOR Act would improve airspace safety after a collision that killed 67 people involving an American Airlines regional jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter.
- The House voted 264-133, short of the two-thirds threshold by one vote because of Pentagon opposition.
