House Lawmakers Have Filed A Clean Extension Of Federal Aviation Administration Funding

Democrats on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said the bill would fund the FAA in the short-term, ending a current partial shutdown. The Hill reports, the proposal does not include sticking points like cutting grants for rural air service. A longer-term bill is bogged down by a House effort to undo some rules for unionization of railroad and airline employees. 4,000 FAA workers are in their third day of furloughs. No word on when this plan could be voted on.