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Americans for Prosperity 8/4/2011 AFP VP Policy Phil Kerpen issued the following statement on the reported FAA deal: Senate Democrats shut down the FAA to block a House-passed long-term extension over special interest union provisions. They blocked a short-term extension to protect egregious pork-barrel spending for 13 rural airports with almost no passengers under the […] August 4th, 2011 | Tags: Americans for Prosperity (AFP), Essential Air Service (EAS) program, pork barrel spending, Separation of Powers | Category: Barack Obama, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal spending, Unions, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Capitol Confidential Big Government 8/3/2011 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has basically been shut down thanks to the Senate Democrats addition to pork. 4,000 FAA employees have been furloughed until further notice. 70,000 construction workers must now sit on their hands as all airport construction has halted. And the federal government is loosing $200million a […] August 3rd, 2011 | Tags: Essential Air Service (EAS) program, pork barrel spending, Rep. John L. Mica, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Category: Congress, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal spending, Taxes | Comments are closed
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