Meanwhile John MICA continues the other 'Bagger terrorism of job destruction (FAA held hostage)

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Florida Rep. John MICA, has had his own hostage strategy going in tandem with the debt ceiling. He’s the a-hole Rethug chairman of the committee overseeing the FAA. The bottom line is that he is stopping FAA funding unless labor unions are blocked out. $200M per week in taxes, plus thousands of jobs and maintenance projects are being lost.

This hostage strategy is the biggest strategic innovation the Rethugs have introduced since Poppy BUSH started his Clarence THOMAS nominate-a-minority-token thing.

Here’s his ugly Rethug face:



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Cost of FAA Shutdown Could Exceed $1 Billion

.... The latest extension expired at midnight on July 22 after Senate Democrats rejected a temporary extension bill passed by the House that contained the subsidy cuts. Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic extension that didn't include cuts. ....

The lost ticket tax revenue is costing the government an estimated $200 million a week. The FAA has furloughed nearly 4,000 employees and issued stop-work orders on more than 200 construction projects. ....

The labor provision would overturn a National Mediation Board rule approved last year that allows airline and railroad employees to form a union by a simple majority of those voting. Under the old rule, workers who didn't vote were treated as "no" votes.

Republicans complain that the new rule reverses 75 years of precedent to favor labor unions. Democrats and union officials say the change puts airline and railroad elections under the same democratic rules required for unionizing all other companies.

The White House warned in March that President Barack Obama would veto an FAA bill containing the labor provision.

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