Before the week’s headline Supreme Court debate, senators are poised to get the Delta Queen back cruising America’s waterways.

The legendary riverboat has been barred from carrying overnight passengers since an exemption to the 1966 Safety of Life at Sea Act for the largely wooden vessel lapsed back in 2008.

Lawmakers from Cincinnati to St. Louis have pushed for the Delta Queen to get a new lease on life since then, and the Senate has scheduled a Monday evening vote on passage of a bipartisan bill that would do just that.

“We’re one step closer to finally bringing the Delta Queen home to the St. Louis region where she belongs,” Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill said when the bill cleared committee. “Returning this historic steamboat to Missouri so tourists up and down the river can experience her rich history means both the restoration of an historic landmark and an infusion of economic expansion and jobs to Jefferson County.”

Sen. Rob Portman, who hails from Cincinnati, remembers the days whwn the Delta Queen was based out of his home city.