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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
Carol Greenberg Conservative Outlook 4/1/2011 Update: I have the names of the 16 Republicans who voted “yea” for LaTourette’s amendment: Ros-Lehtinen, Diaz-Balart, Emerson, Gibson, Jones, King (NY), LaTourette, Smith (NJ), Grimm, Runyan, Johnson (IL), LoBiondo, Platts, Reichert, Rivera, Young (AK). Earlier today the House passed its sweeping aviation bill pretty much down party lines, 223-196. […] April 1st, 2011 | Tags: airlines, AirTran, FAA Reauthorization Act, International Association of Machinists, National Mediation Board (NMB), railroads, Railway Labor Act, Rep. Steven LaTourette, Right to Work | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, Federal Aviation Administration, Unions | Comments are closed
Meredith Jessup The Blaze and A/P 11/5/2010 STOW (AP/The Blaze) – The owner of a Massachusetts flight school and more than 30 of his students have been charged with being in the country illegally. The owner of the TJ Aviation Flight Academy at Minute Man Air Field in Stow and the students received federal clearance […] November 6th, 2010 | Tags: Brazil, Stowe, Transportation Security Administration | Category: Federal Aviation Administration, Illegal Immigration, Massachusetts, Video | Comments are closed
Associated Press via Yahoo! News 7/29/2010 RHINEBECK, N.Y. – Chelsea Clinton’s wedding along the Hudson River will be under a no-fly zone. The Federal Aviation Administration says local airspace will be restricted from 3 p.m. Saturday to 3:30 a.m. Sunday. Clinton, the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, […] July 31st, 2010 | Tags: Chelsea Clinton, no-fly zone | Category: Federal Aviation Administration, New York | Comments are closed
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