House leaves, FAA partly shutdown, 90K jobs on line

[Donnachaidh]

http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2011/08/house-leaves-faa-partly-shutdown-90k.html


This is how much House Speaker John Boehner cares about jobs: He recessed the House of Representatives immediately after they voted on the debt-ceiling deal last night. They did NOT take a vote on funding the Federal Aviation Administration. That means the agency will remain partially shut down for at least a month, and as many as 90,000 people will lose their jobs.
Nice, hunh?

You'll remember funding for the FAA was cut off because congressional Republicans are eager to weaken airline unions. They want to reinstate a grossly unfair election rule. The Democrats don't agree.

Think Progress reported yesterday,

...the FAA’s airport inspectors keep doing their jobs, even without pay:


More at the link --

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Last week the House was "busy" naming post offices.

Ah, priorities . . . .

[flamingdem]

2. Boner and Cantor could care less about American workers or the economy

they taste blood and want more.

[NightWatcher]

3. That's what they get for being unionized

But hey, the House will be back in session in 5 or 6 weeks. Maybe then they'll get around to it.

[Javaman]

4. good thing we passed the debt ceiling, right?

you know, so none of those governmental jobs would go underfunded.

we are such stupid people.

[pansypoo53219]

5. INSPECTORS are non ESSENTIAL????

really?

[kentuck]

6. Doesn't the FAA work with Homeland Security?

Aren't they putting our nation at risk by not funding the FAA? How many terrorists might slip thru the net while no one is watching??