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FAA Shutdown to Go Into September

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The House of Representatives has gone into its August recess, which means a partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration will stay in effect into early September.

Federal Times reports the House was scheduled to stay in session through Thursday. However, a spokesperson for House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said the earliest votes are now scheduled for Sept. 7.

“Members of Congress should not get on a plane to fly home for vacation without passing an FAA bill and putting thousands of people back to work,” Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said.

The FAA has furloughed 4,000 workers and has issued stop work orders for projects around the country.

Reuters reports the 10-day shutdown has cost the FAA $250 billion in revenue, collected from airline ticket taxes. That money goes to a trust fund that helps pay for airport infrastructure projects. A continued shutdown through August could cost the FAA more than $1 billion.

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  1. The House needs to reconvene and deal with this issue. I will make sure that Eric Cantor takes a huge hit on this if the House does not address the FAA shutdown before going into recess. This goes for the Senate, and the President as well.

    This is a national security issue.

    Besides that, this shows that our representatives never really cared about the deficit issue since this shutdown will cost the government billions, and I will expose it to its fullest.

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