Schumer: GOP is ‘Holding A Gun To Our Heads’ In FAA Fight

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Schumer: GOP is ‘Holding A Gun To Our Heads’ In FAA Fight

Susan Crabtree

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Democrats, including Schumer, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (NV), Sens. Barbara Boxer (CA), Jay Rockefeller (WV), as well as House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD), called on Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) to call the House back into active session and pass a clean FAA bill by unanimous consent.

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Last month, the House passed a bill that would have extended FAA financing through September 16. This would have been the 21st such temporary funding measure for the agency in the last four years. Larger longtime disagreements over overhauling the air traffic control program and other budget issues have been the major disputes in the past.

But with the new GOP in control in the House, they decided to include a provision cutting $14 million in subsidies to commercial airlines service to 16 rural airports, shuttering airports in the states of leading Democrats including Reid's Nevada. Rockefeller, who chairs the committee with jurisdiction over the FAAA, has repeatedly objected to the language ending the subsidy, arguing they have no place in what should be a "clean" temporary spending measure.

The real sticking point for Democrats, however, is a GOP demand to change recently instituted federal labor regulation that made it easier for unions to organize at airline companies.The change, which the National Mediation Board put into place, requires an employee vote on labor representation to be approved by a majority of those voting when previously, the rule required a majority of all affected employees, meaning that employees who failed to vote were counted as "no" votes.

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[CakeGrrl]

1. How long before someone tries to pin this CONGRESSIONAL issue (like the debt ceiling)

on the President's "weakness" and "incompetence"?

Counting down...

That didn't take long!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x734112

[lumpy]

7. No shit. I swear some people are cross-eyed when it

comes to politics.

[democrat_patriot]

2. Well, do like you usually do Schumer...give them more bullets.

Put killing the union on the table.

Put zero taxes for Delta CEO's on the table.

Cut SS and medicare so they sign a bill.

Your words are useless and feeble. They've already fucking left. Maybe you could use this bullshit rhetoric when it would make a difference, like 3 weeks ago.

When they know nothing can be done, they use tough words. When they return from vacation it will be "like...ummm...can we vote on whatever you want?"

[MichiganVote]

3. So take a vacation? That's the solution? And to think people panic about teachers. Jeez...

[formercia]

4. ...and the Democrats expected otherwise.

Never Negotiate with Terrorists.

[FrenchieCat]

5. Too bad that unlike the Tea Party, we just sit on the Internet and not much else.....

too back we can't start calling and writing in en masse telling the Republicans to let the FAAA go!

Too bad that we are not good at that....and instead, we just point at Democrats because that is so much easier to do! And it is all that we do for the most part. We "expect" it from the Republicans, so they get a fucking pass. That's so cowardly of "activists".

[lumpy]

6. Amazing how so-called Democrats are suddenly on Senator

Shumer's ass as well as Obama's. Yes, SO-CALLED Democrats. Thanks Frenchie for calling so-called "activists" what it is, cowardly.