Coburn Relents, FAA/Surface Transportation Bill Passes
September 16, 2011, Firedoglake
Last night, it didn't look as if the Senate would be able to get the clean extension of both the FAA authorization and the surface transportation authorization before a deadline of today. Tom Coburn was holding up the bill in a fruitless crusade against bike paths. It's a long story. A bill that extended funding for the FAA and for highway and transit projects bogged down unexpectedly this week when Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) objected to…
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