WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is scrambling to pass a $105 billion bill designed to improve air safety and improve customer service for air travelers before...
and improve customer service for air travelers before the law governing the Federal Aviation Administration expires at midnight on Friday.
The bill stalled in the Senate this week after senators from Virginia and Maryland objected to a provision that would allow an additional 10 flights a day to and from the heavily trafficked Reagan Washington National Airport. Other senators have tried to add unrelated provisions, seeing it as a prime chance to enact their legislative priorities.Senators from both parties were working to clear objections Thursday and move the FAA bill, or a short extension, before the Friday deadline.
Opening the Senate on Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer urged senators to come to agreement soon. “Absolutely nobody should want us to slip past the deadline because that would needlessly increase risks for so many travelers and so many federal workers,” he said. Airlines are also split on the idea. Delta Airlines has argued for more flights at Reagan National, while United Airlines, with a major operation at farther-out Dulles Airport, has lobbied against the increase.
The FAA says that if the law expires on Friday, the 3,600 employees would be furloughed without guarantee of back pay starting at midnight. The FAA would also be unable to collect daily airport fees that help pay for operations, and ongoing airport improvements would come to a halt.GOP senators amused as Ted Cruz seeks to move bill: ‘The foot’s on the other hand’
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