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Tx4obama

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Fri Jan 20, 2012, 06:12 PM Jan 2012

FAA Deal on Capitol Hill: Labor Language Dropped

House and Senate leaders have reached agreement on a long-awaited bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration with Republicans backing down on a controversial labor provision that had drawn a veto threat from the White House. The deal paves the way for finalization of an FAA bill that has been years in the making. Lawmakers were facing a Jan. 31 deadline when the current extension would expire.

Republican leaders agreed to remove the offending language in the FAA bill that would have rescinded an Obama administration rule by the National Mediation Board that makes it easier for rail and aviation workers to unionize. The remaining disputes between Republicans and Democrats on the measure have been worked out in a gentleman's agreement among the congressional transportation gurus.

In exchange, Democrats have agreed to include a provision that would raise the threshold for rail and aviation workers expressing interest in forming a union from 35 percent to 50 percent.

Lawmakers still must draft a bill that both chambers can vote on, but that task is easily manageable over the next week and a half, congressional aides said.

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http://nationaljournal.com/congress/faa-deal-on-capitol-hill-labor-language-dropped-20120120

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FAA Deal on Capitol Hill: Labor Language Dropped (Original Post) Tx4obama Jan 2012 OP
Well well well - third +++ in a week - can we have election every year? bread_and_roses Jan 2012 #1

bread_and_roses

(6,335 posts)
1. Well well well - third +++ in a week - can we have election every year?
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 07:40 PM
Jan 2012

Pipeline - environment

Contraception - human rights/women's rights

Labor - also human rights/right to organize

There's something about an election year ...



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