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Congress OKs Another FAA Extension  
Congress once again ran FAA operations almost to the wire last month before finally agreeing on a 22nd “temporary” extension of the agency’s operating auth

Congress once again ran FAA operations almost to the wire last month before finally agreeing on a 22nd “temporary” extension of the agency’s operating authority, thus preventing another partial shutdown of the FAA and a work stoppage affecting more than 200 airport construction projects and safety improvements.

The last-minute deal brokered in the Senate on September 15 averted the second furloughing of about 4,000 “non-safety” FAA employees and the idling of more than 75,000 construction workers at airports across the country.