Overview

• House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell have opposed attaching unrelated measures to the FAA reauthorization.
• Proposed legislation includes opening banking services to marijuana businesses and regulating stablecoins.
• Supporters of these bills sought to expedite approval by attaching them to the must-pass FAA bill, but faced significant opposition.
• Senate Republicans and some Democrats have expressed skepticism about the feasibility of attaching these bills to the FAA legislation.
• Negotiations continue, with some lawmakers still hoping to push these initiatives through other legislative means.