Senate plan to end FAA shutdown falls apart

[mfcorey1]

Republicans feel empowered to shut down government. Thugs!!!!



WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans late Monday blocked a bipartisan Senate plan to end the partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration, making it increasingly likely Congress will be unable to resolve the legislative standoff before September.

Having resolved the federal debt crisis, Congress is expected to leave at the end of the week for its August recess. If that happens, lost revenue from uncollected airline ticket taxes could exceed $1.2 billion before lawmakers return to work a month later, senators said.

The Democratic-controlled Senate and the Republican-controlled House are at odds over proposals to cut rural air service subsidies and to change a federal labor rule to make it more difficult for airline workers to unionize. Unable to resolve their differences, the FAA's operating authority was allowed to expire at midnight on July 22

http://news.yahoo.com/senate-plan-end-faa-shutdown-falls-apart-233254352.html

[Trajan]

1. What you didnt read ....

Even though the FAA did not get their funding - The Democrats stopped the Teavangelists from cancelling public schools altogether !

YAY ! ..... another WIN ! ....

Well ..... Maybe next time ....

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. But only until 2013.

[gateley]

3. God, the "lost revenue...exceed $1.2 billion" should make

this a no-brainer. And that doesn't factor in the lost spending from the newly unemployed, the unemployment insurance, etc. Fiscal conservatives. Right. :eyes: