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News Alert: Congress passes bill ending FAA furloughs of air traffic controllers

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Congress passes bill ending FAA furloughs of air traffic controllers
The Washington Post Friday, April 26, 2013 1:37:41 PM

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Congress passes bill ending FAA furloughs of air traffic controllers

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Congress approved legislation Thursday to end furloughs of air traffic controllers that have delayed hundreds of flights daily.

The House approved the measure Friday on a 361-41 vote, one day after the Senate agreed to the bill. The action came with lawmakers streaming toward the doors for a week-long spring recess.

The Federal Aviation Administration has furloughed the controllers as part of the government-wide, $85 billion spending cuts called the sequester.

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