The Senate early Saturday approved legislation to transfer administrative jurisdiction of Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Stadium to the District of Columbia. The legislation had been removed from a continuing resolution to fund the government,

D.C. is expected to get full control of the RFK Stadium site after Congress passed a government funding bill that includes the RFK bill.

The path for the NFL's Washington Commanders to return to the nation’s capital is clear after an on-again, off-again saga in Congress ended early Saturday with a postmidnight reprieve. The U.S. Senate passed a resolution to transfer the land including old RFK Stadium from the federal government to the District of Columbia.