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Legislation Delayed on FAA Funding
By: Chad Trautvetter
Caption: Congress voted for a 17th time on December 18 to extend ­aviation  programs, taxes and Airport and Airways Trust Fund ­spending authority  through March 31
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Congress voted for a 17th time on December 18 to extend ­aviation  programs, taxes and Airport and Airways Trust Fund ­spending authority  through March 31, 2011, which ­essentially provides ­breathing room for  the ­incoming 112th Congress to pass a new FAA reauthorization bill.  Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.), who will take over as new chairman of the House  Transportation Committee, has said the FAA ­reauthorization is one of  the first bills he wants to take up in the new ­Congress. When the 111th  Congress adjourned at the end of last year all pending bills, such as  new, multi-year FAA reauthorization legislation, expired.