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TW UPDATE
HOUSE NARROWLY DEFEATS AIR TRAFFFIC CONTROLLER CONTRACT BILL
JUNE 7, 2006 – 7:15 P.M.
Earlier today, the House narrowly failed to pass a bill (H.R. 5449)
that would prevent the FAA from imposing a new contract on its ait
traffic controllers represented by the National Air Traffic Controllers
Association.
The bill was considered under an expedited procedure that requires a
two-thirds margin for passage. The vote was 271-148. That vote total
means that a total of 279 “yea” votes would have been needed for a
two-thirds margin. There were thirteen absentees.
The two-thirds vote test did not seem excessive since President Bush
promised to veto the bill earlier in the week, and a veto override would
require a two-thirds vote anyway.
A full record of the vote should be available on the Clerk of the
House’s website later this evening.

Kate wrote about the bill on Friday here .