Legislation that would have overhauled the nation's aging air traffic control system has stalled in the Senate over non-aviation measures on Tuesday, after a procedural vote to limit debate on the bill failed. With the bill removed from the Senate floor for the time being, observers now expect lawmakers to extend the current laws authorizing the FAA into 2009. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va, was the lead author of the Senate bill and said consumers would have benefited from the provision to improve air traffic control.
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