Via Twitter:
Rep. Vicky Hartzler @RepHartzler
Am voting on a bill to force the FAA to reprioritize their $ to prevent furloughs of air traffic cont.s and reopen contract control towers. 9:05 AM – 26 Apr 13
Yeah, right:
FAA Sequester Reprieve: The Start of Things to Come?
By David Hawkings Posted at 11:42 a.m. April 26Congress moved quickly today toward putting a stop to the air-traffic-controller furloughs. It won’t be the last such backstop effort to skirt the dreaded sequester knife, though it may be the fastest.
Today’s action means that lawmakers will be subjected to only one more sequester-delayed trip home, and perhaps they won’t be buffeted by town-meeting turbulence during the coming recess. But members are sure to be chastised for making an exception to their tough budget rules that only makes life more convenient for themselves and their business constituents.
The House arranged this morning for expedited enactment of legislation the Senate passed Thursday night, albeit on a rushed voice vote after several budgetary hard-liners at each end of the political spectrum had left town….
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This vote was recorded:
FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 125
H R 1765 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY 26-Apr-2013 12:13 PM
QUESTION: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
BILL TITLE: Reducing Flight Delays Act[….]
—- YEAS 361 —
Clay
Cleaver
Graves (MO)
Hartzler
Luetkemeyer
Wagner—- NAYS 41 —
Long
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Never underestimate the drive to get home without a flight delay.
Michael Bersin said:
Getting home on time from Washington, D.C. was very important. These aren’t:
It’s all about priorities. You can tell a lot about people by their priorities.