Reply #18: The House bill was anti-union and had some other right wing agenda [View All]

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Among other things the House bill sought to kill a ruling by the National Mediation Board which was favorable to unions, and to shut off airport funding in the home states of Harry Reid and Max Baucus. Orin Hatch is behind a lot of it, and I've read elsewhere that James Inhofe has something to do with it also (he's the one that landed a private plane on a closed runway, scared the shit out of workers on the runway, and is pissed at the FAA for holding him accountable for his actions).

I found this:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/congress-urged-to-tackle-faa-funding-bill-before-recess/2011/08/01/gIQAcvJIoI_story.html