In 1970, Rep. Edward Garmatz, (D-Md.) gave fellow members of Congress three reasons the Delta Queen steamboat should not be permitted to continue operations as in inland river overnight passenger boat ...

The Delta Queen docked at Natchez, Miss., in 2007. Fans of the Delta Queen are rejoicing after the U.S. House of Representatives voted Tuesday to reinstate an exemption allowing the historic steamboat ...

Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) introduced legislation in the Senate last week to extend the historic paddlewheeler Delta Queen's exemption from a 1966 law banning passenger overnight vessels with ...

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2013, file photo, the Delta Queen riverboat is moored at Coolidge Park on in downtown Chattanooga, Tenn. President Donald Trump signed legislation on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2018, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Are you interested in owning a piece of history? A historic steamboat, the Delta Queen, is up ...

KIMMSWICK, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The nation’s last authentic overnight steamboat may once again cruise the rivers of America’s Heartland and Deep South. Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted ...

The Delta Queen has been unchained, and will rise again on American waterways.President Donald Trump signed a bill into law Monday, allowing the iconic steamboat to again cruise along the Ohio and ...

The iconic Delta Queen steamboat cleared a major hurdle to begin cruising once again along the Ohio River.All that's needed is the president's signature.The Delta Queen is the nation’s last authentic ...

WASHINGTON (KFVS) - Missouri Senators Roy Blunt and Claire McCaskill announced that their legislation to bring the historic 1920’s riverboat Delta Queen back to the Mississippi River has been signed ...