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of the representatives voted in favor.

But under the fast-track rules in the House, the bill needed a two-thirds majority to pass and came up just a few votes short.

The Rotor Act, as it's known, would require wider use of a safety system known as ADS-B, which transmits an aircraft's location.

Federal safety investigators say that could have prevented the mid-air collision of a U.S.

Army helicopter and a passenger jet that killed 67 people last year.

The Senate approved the bill unanimously, and it has support from families of the crash victims.

But it faces headwinds in the House, where some powerful Republican committee leaders have proposed their own bipartisan bill.

The Pentagon also has concerns.

After supporting the Rotar Act last year, the Pentagon now says it could create, quote, unresolved budgetary burdens and operational security risks.

Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington.

Heavy snow and strong winds made for a big mess at airports around New York City, Philadelphia, and Boston.

Airlines canceled thousands of flights in or out of U.S.

airports, according to the aviation analytics company Sirium, and hundreds of other flights were delayed.

New York City, New Jersey, and Rhode Island issued travel bans encouraging non-essential vehicles to stay off the roads.

The National Weather Service called travel conditions extremely treacherous and nearly impossible in some places, with more than two feet of snow reported in parts of Long Island and southern New England.

Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington.

The FAA abruptly shut down the airspace around El Paso late last night for, quote, special security reasons.

But hours later, the agency lifted the restrictions, which were originally supposed to last for 10 days, saying there is no threat to commercial aviation.

In a social media post, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says the U.S.

military had acted swiftly to address an incursion by a drone operated by a Mexican drug cartel.