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The New York Times: “The agreement signals an end, at least for a few weeks, to a standoff over policy issues that had left 4,000 agency employees out of work, idled tens of thousands of workers at hundreds of airport construction projects and cost the federal government more than $350 million in lost taxes on airline tickets.”
A senior government official tells NBC’s Jay Blackman that if the Senate passes the bill today -- and if President Obama signs it into law immediately -- furloughed workers can return to their jobs on Monday. It may take a bit longer for construction crews to get back to work since some may have taken other jobs in the interim.
Obama issued this statement yesterday, “I'm pleased that leaders in Congress are working together to break the impasse involving the FAA so that tens of thousands of construction workers and others can go back to work. We can't afford to let politics in Washington hamper our recovery, so this is an important step forward.”
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The GOP won the House by promising jobs. And they have not kept that promise. These elected GOP simply lied and obviously do not care about anyone except themselves and their party. Their vacations are more important than 10s of 1000s of jobs through the FAA. Let's just hope that all voters have paid attention, especially to the GOP House members, and have learned that the self-serving GOP are indeed dangerous to our country and citizens.
OK, if the GOP did this, how, exactly, was Harry Reid, a Democrat, able to put together a "compromise" deal when the House is not in session ?
Maybe, just maybe, did he decide to bring up legislation that had already passed the House ?
In other words, was the entire "shut down of the FAA" really just on his head ?
I know the long term solution has problems, but Mr. Reid is no better than Mr. Boehner, both play politics with American's jobs and the time to stop this is now!!!
The orginal legislation had 2 or 3 additions, specifically to hamper the ability of folks in the FAA to more easily unionize. The additions were put on by the Republicans andthe Dems refused to vote on it.
Same kind of political kidnapping that we have seen before: You can get the FAA money only if you agree to these new terms. Personally, who cares whether the FAA folks can unionize? From a Replublican standpoint, most State governors are running all over the unions anyway, so really...let them unionize - we can handle them.
It's these kinda stupid clauses and 'fine print' that is tripping up our entire economic recovery.
The DEM and Mr Reid did compromise, that is what was stated. If the DEM's don't compromise nothing will ever get done. Remember Mr Boehner's statement, "we won and got 98% of what we wanted". Where is their compromising?
remember the libs on obama care? no republicans allowed and the american people will know whats in the bill only when it passes.
I say we reduce GOVERNMENT SPENDING by TAKING BACK PENSIONS from politicians who have STOLEN OUR pensions!!!! We CANNOT AFFORD to pay pensions to politicians who get MULTIPLE pensions from their time in the military, local governments, U.S. Congress and even the Presidency!!! THEY STEAL our HARD WON retirement funds, yet THEY GET MULTIPLE PENSIONS at a COST of BILLIONS of dollars to taxpayers!!! It's time for politicians to face what WE face everyday - wondering how we can afford to live now and in retirement and where did all our money go through NO fault of our own!!!! We MUST RECIND pensions of all old, existing and future politicians, as they have for us REAL working people!!!!!
Give them hell Harry.
Hopefully the Democrats learned something this time. Don't give in to the tea peoples hostage taking and terrorist threats on our economy. We the American people are behind you, stand up to the tea people.
I wonder sometimes if some of the TEA party members are followers of the late BIN LADEN and his party?
i always wonder if the socalist libs follow hitler, he was a socialist hmmmm.
I wish the dems wouldn't have voted for it Less money that we don't have that you dummies want to borrow
First, voters need to not vote for any of the Republicans who would not compromise on this latest fiasco called "legislation". Is that really what it is? Or is it the fight against the Democrats just to see who could hold out the longest and Win??? Our elected officials are becoming worse and worse as the years go by. What is it that really drives their political motivation? Is it because they don't care about the hard working men and women of this country or is it because they are only for the richer than rich corporations? I think we all know the answer to that. Why do you think the Republicans don't want to raise taxes on people that make over $250 million? It is because they have money pouring in for how to vote and if they vote for more taxes on the rich there goes there pot of gold! I wonder what would happen if no one in the United States paid income taxes??!!! What would they do? Afterall they are working for us, we pay their salaries so I think all of the republicans and some of the democrats should be FIRED! GOD help us all.
all you libs out there are so ignorant or stupid, i dont know which. congress passed a bill before they went on vacation and it was the socialist liberals who was putting people out of work. you guys should know what your talking about before you flap your lips. are you really that stupid? finally the senate voted on the bill and it passed and then they try to take all the credit. go figure, its always bushes fault.
Spin it anyway you want john. The tea people were the ones blocking the bill. Fox (aka tea people propaganda machine) lied to you again. Making you look foolish. Your the only one spinning it that way.
BTW: Fox has changed from fair and balanced to lie and deceive.
republicans are all about "union busting" and they really don't give a damn how many Americans suffer as they impose their will !!! and you say that you want a republican president ??? THERE'S STILL TIME TO CHANGE YOUR MIND !!!
John,
Hitler actually was a fascist. He hated Socialist, Communist, etal. Take a course 101 in Comparative
Government.