It's good news, bad news for FedEx
Senate expected to strip amendment to labor law
Among Greater Memphis members of Congress, besides Cohen, U.S. Reps. John Tanner, D-Tenn., Bennie G. Thompson, D-Miss., and Marion Berry, D-Ark., voted for the measure. U.S. Reps. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Roger Wicker, R-Miss., voted against it.
Said Blackburn: "(The FAA reauthorization bill) is just another example of the new majority's runaway spending habits. I agree that the FAA needs to be reformed and modernized, but you don't solve a problem by simply throwing money at it. This reauthorization calls for spending more than $66 billion on FAA programs over the next four years, but does not include any safeguards to ensure that taxpayer money is used in an efficient manner."
Reach Washington correspondent Bartholomew Sullivan at (202) 408-2726 or SullivanB@shns.com
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