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| Permalink View Article Stats Promoted to Headline (H4) on 8/4/11: NYTimes Editorial: The FAA After Republicans Quicklink submitted by Joan Brunwasser (Add your own quicklinks easily with the OpEdNews Quick Link Browser bookmark) |
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| Here is what has happened since the FAA lost its authorization on July 23,courtesy of House Republicans.The agency has not collected more than $300 million in taxes (money the airlines have mostly pocketed).It has had to furlough some 4,000 workers and halt construction projects worth $11 billion in 241 airports, putting 70,000 more people out of work.Before leaving Washington on Tuesday, Senate Democrats tried to find a way to extend the F.A.A.’s authority until Sept. 30 — including proposing an extension bill that included a broader plan to trim subsidies to rural airports. They were blocked by Senate Republicans. Unless the vacationing Congress takes extraordinary action, nothing will change until after Labor Day, at the very least.By then, the extortion will have cost the government around $1 billion. Critical repairs at airports will not have been made. There is no excuse. |
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