Senate Majority Leader Reid announces agreement to reopen FAA

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-majority-leader-reid-announces-agreement-to-reopen-faa/2011/08/04/gIQANCbfuI_story.html
Senate Majority Leader Reid announces agreement to reopen FAA


here too but with no details yet
http://www.cnbc.com/id/44023228

just tweeted Sam Stein
http://twitter.com/#!/samsteinhp

From dem leadership: FAA deal "Does not affect union (elections). The deal that passes will effectively be a clean extension."

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1. Unfuckingbelievable. Whose firstborn did it cost?

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2. Giving away the farm whilst repugs are out of town?

Gee, they don't even have to show up anymore to get what they want.

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3. This is from ABC:FAA Shutdown: End In Sight For 13-Day Stalemate

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/FAA-shutdown-deal-will-end-stalemate-announced-by-harry-reid/story?id=14232811

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Tomorrow the Senate will pass the temporary FAA funding bill the House passed two weeks ago. A procedural vote will allow the bill to pass by unanimous consent without forcing Senators to return to Washington from their August "district work break."

This is the bill Senate Democrats objected to because it cut off subsidies to 13 rural airports.

So, did Democrats cave? After all the are agreeing to pass the Republican bill approved by the House.

They caved, but not entirely. Once the deal is passed and signed, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will use his authority – granted in the bill – to issue a waiver allowing at least some of the subsidies to continue.