“Will the Democrats take this as a chance to go on offense? Will national Democrats take a lesson from Wisconsin Democrats?” —Rachel Maddow.
Outstanding coverage of the FAA shutdown and union rights, plus a look back at Reagan’s firing of air traffic controllers.
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This is a lose-lose-lose situation that can be easily solved if congress comes back into town and does its job. They don’t even have to come back into town. The House and the Senate could through a procedural agreement basically do this through unanimous consent. They can have the fights they want to have when they get back.
Don’t put people and the livelihoods of thousand of people at a risk, don’t put projects at risk, and don’t let a billion dollars, at a time when we are scrambling for every dollar we can get, left on the table because Congress did not act.
I am urging the House and the Senate to care of this. This is an example of a self inflicted wound that is unnecessary. My expectation and I think the America people’s expectation is this gets resolved before the end of this week.”
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