1. GO ALONG, GET ALONG. A looming battle over two stop-gap measures affecting the Federal Aviation Administration and the nation’s surface transportation laws ended quietly over the weekend with agreements reached by congressional leaders to extend the laws. The FAA extension runs through Jan. 31, 2012 and the transportation bill through March 31, 2012. The legislation also extends the Department of Transportation’s ability to collect gas taxes for the Highway Trust Fund through March 31. The House will consider the bills in tandem this week. FAA authorization expires Friday, and transportation funding and financing expire Sept. 30. The clean extensions leave for another day battles over aviation and rail unions, and controversial subsidies for rural airports, which had previously delayed the FAA bill.
From National Journal 9/12/2011
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