SENATOR URGES US HOUSE TO TAKE NEW VOTE ON AVIATION SAFETY BILL

The top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday urged the House of Representatives to take a new vote on aviation legislation that failed by one vote after opposition by the Pentagon.

The House voted 264-133 in favor of the ROTOR Act, passed unanimously by the Senate in December, to address concerns after an American Airlines regional jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided in the crowded airspace over the nation's capital, killing 67 people. Senator Maria Cantwell called on the House to take a new vote.

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