FAA Will Close at Midnight, Furloughing Up to 4,000 Workers

The Federal Aviation Administration will shut down at midnight after GOP senators refused to let go of an anti-union provision amending the National Mediation Board’s union voting rules. Speaking of the matter, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) lambasted his colleague Sen. Orinn Hatch (R-UT) on the Senate floor over the political manuevering, saying that Hatch is [...]

Source: http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/07/22/277015/faa-shutdown/

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