Senate approves plan to end FAA furloughs [View all]

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Source: CNN

Washington (CNN) -- The U.S. Senate approved a measure on Thursday aimed at ending budget-related air traffic controller furloughs that have been blamed for widespread flight delays this week.

A bipartisan agreement giving Transportation Department budget planners new flexibility for dealing with forced spending cuts cleared the chamber unanimously.

The House was expected to take up the proposal on Friday.

The plan additionally would allow authorities to protect 149 control towers at small and medium-sized airports that are slated for closure for budgetary reasons.



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/25/politics/faa-delays-congress/index.html

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This, of course, is the result of the sequester.

I wish they did not. Let members of Congress test first hand the results of their (in)actions. They are planning to leave D.C. Friday for Spring break - or something.