Senate Fails to End Partial Shutdown at F.A.A.
After dealing with the debt crisis, Senate negotiators tried and failed Tuesday
to end a stalemate over temporary funding for the Federal Aviation
Administration,
leaving 4,000 F.A.A. employees out of work and relying on
airport safety inspectors to continue working without pay.
The partial F.A.A. shutdown, which began July 23 and is likely to continue at
least through Labor Day,
has also idled tens of thousands of construction
workers on airport projects around the country. Dozens of airport inspectors
have been asked by the F.A.A. to work without pay and to charge their government
travel expenses to their personal credit cards to keep airports operating
safely.
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