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FAA shutdown to continue as Congress leaves
WASHINGTON (AP) 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 Adidas Jeremy Scott Australia fell through on Tuesday. But he later reversed course after a possible deal with House Republicans had fallen through.
"Republicans are playing reckless games with airline safety," Reid said in a statement.
Nearly 4,000 FAA employees have been laid off and stop work orders issues for more than 200 construction projects. Air traffic controllers have remained on the job, and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has vowed that safety won't be compromised and travelers won't be inconvenienced
Republicans blame Democrats for the shutdown, saying they have been unwilling to accept minor cuts to a rural air services program long criticized as wasteful. But Democrats said the air services cuts were being used as leverage to force them to give in to the House on a labor provision in a separate, long term FAA funding bill that would make it more difficult for airline workers to unionize.
President Mbt Shoes Store Locator Australia Barack Obama implored Congress to settle the dispute before lawmakers leave Washington for the August recess, calling the stalemate "another Washington inflicted wound on America."
LaHood, a former GOP congressman, conveyed the same message in a series of private meetings on Capitol Hill and phone calls to lawmakers, but was unable to clinch a deal.
With House Republicans gone, the only way Christian Louboutin Wedding Shoes Senate Democrats could end the shutdown was to accept a previously passed House bill that includes a provision eliminating $16.5 million in air service subsidies for 13 rural communities. Since then, Congress has been unable to agree on a long term funding plan. The agency has continued to operate under a series of 20 Cheap Ghd Hair Straightener Online short term extensions.
The labor provision would overturn Louboutin Flats a National Mediation Board rule approved last year that allows airline and railroad employees to form a union by a simple majority of those voting. Under the old rule, workers who didn't Cheap Vibram Kso vote were treated as "no" votes.
Republicans complain that the Mbt Shoes Australia Stockists new rule reverses 75 years of Jeremy Scott Wings 2.0 precedent to favor labor unions. Democrats and union officials say the change puts airline and railroad elections under the same democratic rules required for unionizing all other companies.
