Reid announces deal on FAA funding

CNN ^

[Perdogg]

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, announced Thursday that Democratic and Republican leaders have "been able to broker a bipartisan compromise between the House and the Senate" to fully fund the Federal Aviation Administration.

[Doctor 2Brains]

Thank God! Now we can have aviation again.

[Noamie]

I just realized how very much smaller the FAA could be. No one even noticed they were gone.

[fortheDeclaration]

Didn’t even know there was a problem-shows how ‘vital’ these Gov’t organizations are.

[Mouton]

Congressional leaders? Does that mean Bonehead caved again.

[mountainlion]

Thank God! Now we can have aviation again.

We never lost any aviation just guys cutting the grass and some secretaries. The federal employees will be paid and the contractors will have unpaid vacation.

[DrDavid]

“Fully Fund!?” Does this mean no cuts to the FAA budget? If not, that little bump in the dept limit might not last until the 2012 elections.

[napscoordinator]

The only real negativity besides the workers not being able to be paid and pay bills was the fact that we lost 2 billion dollars in lost tickets. That is not really a positive at all.

[Beaten Valve]

Story says that they’ve worked out a short-term compromise, but it doesn’t give any details.

And, Congress is away on vacation, so they’d have to figure out a way to get them to all come in back for a vote...

[sport]

Does a bear shit in the woods?

[GeronL]

“fully funded” means the Dems won again

[Siena Dreaming]

Actually, Boehner's bill (the House bill) is part of what seems to have caused the Dems to have a tizzy in the first place.

It withdrew funding from some small airports in Dem territories like NM.

[tobyhill]

Fox is reporting that the Senate will vote on the House bill then the White House will “waive” the part of the bill they don’t like or agree with.

[Siena Dreaming]

Not if the Dems had to give up the new union voting rules.

The story doesn't say how it was resolved so it's hard to tell.

[longtermmemmory]

translation: the 7% ticket tax is back.

I wonder if bending forwards so much hurts the republican leadership.

[kabar]

Cause a problem and then get credit for solving it—temporarily.

[molson209]

Why is it everything they do has “DEAL !!!” attached to it ? Deal for ,for the country , NOT

[KittenClaws]

They had to solve it quickly because it wasn’t gaining traction or attention. **rolling my eyes**

[kabar]

"This agreement does not resolve the important differences that still remain," Reid said in a written statement. "But I believe we should keep Americans working while Congress settles its differences, and this agreement will do exactly that."

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

The only real negativity besides the workers not being able to be paid and pay bills was the fact that we lost 2 billion dollars in lost tickets.

But you've got to give the airlines credit for moving fast. When the feds stopped collecting the tax, they all moved immediately to raise their fares an equivalent amount.