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Senate Passes FAA Bill With Anti-Union Measure

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 02.06.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Senate passed a Federal Aviation Administration bill on Monday that includes an anti-union measure bitterly opposed by labor groups....

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FAA Shutdown Averted Again

AP | By JOAN LOWY | Posted 01.24.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The House has approved a temporary extension of Federal Aviation Administration programs, avoiding a shutdown of the agency as lawmakers...

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FAA's New Rules To Prevent Tired Airline Pilots

AP | By JOAN LOWY | Posted 02.20.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The government told passenger airlines Wednesday they'll have to do more to ensure pilots aren't too tired to fly, nearly three years af...

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Key Senator Says Another FAA Shutdown Possible

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 01.14.2012

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WASHINGTON — Another shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration is possible because lawmakers haven't resolved a labor issue that's holding...

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Schumer: FAA Bill Shows GOP Suffering For Obstruction

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 11.15.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Senate narrowly averted another shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration Thursday, passing a temporary funding bill that Demo...

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Harry Reid Calls GOP Senator 'A Dictator'

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 11.14.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A single Republican senator's objections plus a procedural snarl could force another partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administra...

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Bill To Avert Another FAA Shutdown Passes House

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 11.13.2011

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WASHINGTON — The House on Tuesday approved a stopgap bill intended to avoid a shutdown of federal highway and aviation programs, with Senate act...

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House And Senate Leaders Reach Deal To Avert FAA Shutdown

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 11.09.2011

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WASHINGTON — House and Senate leaders have reached a deal that averts a looming shutdown of federal highway and aviation programs, a key GOP law...

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THEY'RE BACK: Congress Returns, Prepares To Fight Over Key Issues

AP | By JIM ABRAMS | Posted 11.06.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Members of Congress spent August listening to constituents describe their economic struggles. This week, the lawmakers return to Washing...

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Unpopular Congress Gears Up For Fall Fights

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 11.03.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress returns to work this coming week, divided over measures to create jobs and scorned by the nation it was elected to help l...

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WATCH: No New Jobs, Obama Delays Smog Standards And Candidates' Labor Day Plans

Posted 11.02.2011

The latest jobs report, released Friday, shows that the U.S. economy added no new jobs in August as the unemployment rate remained steady at 9.1 perce...

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Labor Day 2011: The Travel News That Shaped The Summer

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.02.2011

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With Labor Day upon us, and the kiddies heading back to school, the end of summer is sadly in sight. To bring the season to a close, we have rounded u...

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Zero Progress On FAA Funding As Another Potential Shutdown Looms

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 11.01.2011

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WASHINGTON -- With the authorization for Federal Aviation Administration funding set to expire in two weeks, House and Senate leadership don't appear ...

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Government Pays For Empty Flights To Fly To Rural Airports

AP | By KEVIN BEGOS and ADRIAN SAINZ | Posted 10.12.2011

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-- On some days, the pilots with Great Lakes Airlines fire up a twin-engine Beechcraft 1900 at the Ely, Nev., airport and depart for Las Vegas withou...

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FAA Funding Hinges On Partisan Fight Over Unions

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 10.09.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The clock is ticking for Congress to come up with a way to prevent another embarrassing shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration....

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Issue At Heart Of FAA Dispute Could Lead To Another Standoff In Congress

AP | By SAM HANANEL | Posted 10.09.2011

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WASHINGTON -- At the heart of the bitter dispute over funding the Federal Aviation Administration is an ongoing brawl between Republicans and Democrat...

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Airlines Start Rolling Back Fare Hikes

AP | DAVID KOENIG | Posted 10.08.2011

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DALLAS — Airline travelers are finally catching a break. Even though the government is taxing tickets again, the total cost to consumers is stay...

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Obama: Tell Congress, "No FAA? No Vacation!"

Peter M. Shane | Posted 10.04.2011

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Our recent debt ceiling imbroglio revealed how little leverage presidents have to induce responsible behavior in a pathological Congress. Regarding th...

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Senate Votes To End FAA Shutdown

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 11.08.2011

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WASHINGTON — With tens of thousands of jobs, more than $1 billion and their reputations on the line, Senate Democrats gave way Friday to a power...

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Reid Announces Deal To End FAA Shutdown

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 10.04.2011

WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced Thursday that lawmakers have reached a deal to end the partial shutdown of the Fede...

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Political Gamesmanship Comes At Sky-High Price

AP/The Huffington Post | JOAN LOWY | Posted 10.04.2011

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(AP/The Huffington Post) WASHINGTON -- On the surface, the partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration is about whether to cut $16 million...

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Congress Fiddles While FAA Burns

Kate Hanni | Posted 10.03.2011

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On August 1, FlyersRights.org called on Congress to move forward on the FAA Reauthorization Bill of 2011. With the bill stalled in joint committee,...

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Airlines Could Get $1.3 B Out Of Shutdown

AOL Travel News | Posted 10.03.2011

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The FAA is still in shutdown mode, despite Congress leaving town for a planned recess. As a result, some 4,000 agency employees and contractors are...

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Ray LaHood: Congress Should Come Back Now And Pass Clean FAA Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 10.03.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A day after lawmakers hightailed it out of Washington for a monthlong recess, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Wednesday called on...

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FAA Shutdown To Continue In Partisan Standoff

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 10.02.2011

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WASHINGTON — The government is likely to lose more than $1 billion in airline ticket taxes because lawmakers have left town for a month without ...

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