Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced an agreement Thursday afternoon that will end a stalemate over funding for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and allow 70,000 workers to return to work.
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FAA stalemate ends, rural subsidies in limboFairbanks Daily News-MinerCongress has reached a bipartisan compromise to end the two-week partial shutdown that had idled tens of thousands of federal employees and construction workers nationwide. The deal reached Thursday would allow the Senate to approve a House bill ...FAA shutdown not raising safety concerns among pilots, furloughed employees in ...The Republicall 13 news articles »
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Think ProgressReid: Congress reaches deal to end FAA shutdownAtlanta Journal ConstitutionHouse Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Md., center, talks about the need to overcome the partisan standoff over a bill to end the partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011, during a news conference on Capitol ...After FAA Shutdown Ends, Lobbying Battle ContinuesNPRDelta Says Its Opposition to Unions Not the Cause of FAA ShutdownWABESen. Reid Calls It Right: FAA Shutdown Is About The GOP And Delta's 'Non-Union ...Think ProgressSeeing the Forest -Pajamas Mediaall 14 news articles »
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WHDH-TVJohn Kerry: GOP 'ideologues' to blame for FAA shutdownBoston HeraldJohn Kerry blamed what he called a "small group of Republican ideologues" for the partial shutdown that has idled 74000 transportation and construction workers. Kerry told reporters Thursday before the deal was announced he'd vote to reauthorize the ...Kerry: GOP 'ideologues' to blame for FAA shutdownBoston Globeall 18 news articles »
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USA TodayAirlines Poised for $1.3 Billion 'Windfall' in FAA ShutdownBloombergSenate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, a Democrat from West Virginia, said today at a news conference in Washington that the airlines and their trade group, the Air Transport Association, were “all very silent” about the FAA shutdown and ...Airlines Poised for $1.3 Billion Fare 'Windfall' in FAA ShutdownSan Francisco ChronicleFAA shutdown means fliers could get tax refunds on airline ticketsWashington Post (blog)Boswell Calls on Major Airlines to Refund Passenger OverchargesOskaloosa newsMarketWatch -FOX43.com -Reutersall 215 news articles »
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Congress Reaches Deal To End FAA ShutdownWBEZThe partisan standoff that led to the shutdown began last month when Republican Rep. John Mica the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, signaled his intention to attach the subsidy cuts to a bill to extend FAA's operating ...Reid: Congress reaches deal to end FAA shutdownHouston ChronicleCongress Acts On FAA FundingAVweball 2 news articles »
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Obama hails deal to halt FAA shutdown as 'important step forward'FOX11AZ.comAP We welcome your comments on this story's topic. Off-topic comments, personal attacks, and inappropriate language may be flagged and removed, and comment privileges blocked, per our Terms of Service. Thanks for keeping the comments space respectful. ...Obama hails deal to halt FAA shutdown as 'important step forward'KTVBall 579 news articles »
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ABC NewsCongress announces deal to end FAA shutdown ... at least for nowNew York Daily NewsThe partial FAA shutdown has also put dozens of construction projects on hold. LaHood said the impact meant some 70000 construction workers have been laid off. That figure, based on work by George Mason University professor Stephen Fuller, ...Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announces deal to end FAA shutdownWashington PostFAA Shutdown to End as Lawmakers Reach DealWall Street JournalFAA shutdown to end with deal, Harry Reid saysPoliticoDetroit Free Press -International Business Times -Voice of America (blog)all 4,050 news articles »
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In Face of FAA Shutdown, GBTA Focuses on Helping Members Deal with Its EffectsSacramento BeeAbsent a resolution to the funding impasse, GBTA calls on President Obama and the Internal Revenue Service to quickly clarify its policies and guidance for excise taxes purchased on tickets prior to the FAA shutdown. GBTA is focused on the impact the ...and more »
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Airport contractors sent home for FAA shutdownSun-SentinelThe FAA shutdown hit home in South Florida in the past week, with a dozen private construction workers installing safety lights forced off the job, and other projects at airports large and small hampered by the cutoff in communications with the FAA. ...Delaware airport's runway extension up in the airNewsworks.orgall 2 news articles »
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Keay Says Labor Issues Linked to Partial FAA ShutdownWashington Post3 (Bloomberg) -- Hunter Keay, an analyst at Wolfe Trahan & Co., talks about Federal Aviation Administration's partial shutdown as Congress deadlocks on the agency's funding. The FAA has been unable to collect aviation taxes due to the disruption. ...and more »
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WASHINGTON — A partisan stalemate that has partially shut down the Federal Aviation Administration will continue into September, stopping airport construction projects and depriving federal coffers of potentially more than $1 billion in uncollected ticket taxes, after congressional attempts to reach deal fell through on Tuesday.
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The political fight on Capitol Hill is spilling over onto the runway.
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