(Source: Talking Points Memo, September 9, 2011)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. John Mica (R-FL), who chairs the the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, introduced a clean short-term extension of the FAA through December providing back pay to workers who were furloughed for nearly two weeks during a partial shutdown of the agency earlier this month.
The real sticking point had been a GOP demand to change a National Mediation Board regulation that made it more fair for unions to organize at airline and railroad companies.
House GOP leaders plan to vote on the bill next week.
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