U.S. House rejects aviation safety bill after Pentagon abruptly withdraws support

Family members of the people who were killed in the midair collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport listen during a news conference ahead of a vote on an aviation safety bill on Capitol Hill on Tuesday in Washington.

The House of Representatives narrowly rejected a bipartisan aviation safety bill that was spurred by the deadly midair collision near Washington, D.C. after the Pentagon abruptly withdrew its support.

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