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Senate votes to end furloughs of air traffic controllers
Washington Post ^ | 4/25/13 | Ashley Halsey III and Lori Montgomery

Posted on 04/25/2013 9:16:07 PM PDT by Nachum

The Senate took the first step toward circumventing sequestration Thursday night with a bipartisan vote that would put furloughed air traffic controllers back on the job. The House is expected to take up the measure Friday, and the White House has promised to consider any bill which it receives. The Senate vote came in response to passengers angered this week by long delays at several major airports. If the Senate bill wins House approval and is signed into law by President Obama, the furloughed controllers are not expected to return to work before Saturday

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airtrafficcontroller; controllers; faa; furloughs; kenyanbornmuzzie; senate; sequestration; traffic

1 posted on 04/25/2013 9:16:07 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

Now, they should shut down the DOE, NEA and DEA.


2 posted on 04/25/2013 9:18:43 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (LBJ declared war on poverty and lost. Barack Obama declared war on prosperity and won. /csmusaret)
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To: Nachum

They should fire the FAA executives and managers who came up with this stupid idea to try to inflict maximum pain instead of addressing out of control spending.

If only we had some actual leadership in this country!


3 posted on 04/25/2013 9:23:42 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: Nachum

Bojangles will let it sit on his desk for a few days. Just because he can.


4 posted on 04/25/2013 9:26:31 PM PDT by clintonh8r ("Europe was created by history. America was created by a philosophy." Baroness Thatcher)
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To: Nachum

They should remove the $500 million the FAA has budgeted for urban/environmental sustainability.


5 posted on 04/25/2013 9:56:22 PM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: bigbob
I agree. Heads should roll over this.

"The Senate measure would give the administration flexibility to transfer money among Transportation Department accounts, creating a level of fluidity that Republicans say the department has had all along."

6 posted on 04/25/2013 10:28:13 PM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: Nachum

gee obama wins. repubs just can’t get the message out. boner will cry.


7 posted on 04/25/2013 11:26:44 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: Nachum

There's socialism for you. Pretty sad that we have allowed capitalism to degrade to this point. Will the next generation even realize how pathetic it is for a private industry to be so dependent on the government trough?


8 posted on 04/26/2013 2:41:31 AM PDT by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: Nachum

What a bunch of a****.


9 posted on 04/26/2013 3:21:35 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Rightwing Conspiratr1

Please tell me you made that up.


10 posted on 04/26/2013 3:24:09 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster
Please tell me you made that up.

See page 23. $461 million for environmental sustainability!

11 posted on 04/27/2013 9:51:45 PM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: Rightwing Conspiratr1

Yikes. I sure hope most of that is just B.S. feelgood categorization.


12 posted on 04/28/2013 4:16:58 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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