Democrats Pushing $8 Billion Aviation Bill as Jobs Program
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic leaders say they will bring an aviation bill that includes $8 billion for airport construction to the Senate floor this week, pitching it as a jobs measure.
The bill – introduced by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., last week – is identical to a bill that passed the Senate last spring on a 93 to 0 vote. That bill later stalled when Congress couldn’t reach agreement on several side issues, including distribution of landing slots at Reagan National Airport near Washington, the fee airline passengers pay to support airport improvements and a labor dispute between delivery giants FedEx and United Parcel Service.
This time Democrats are predicting a smoother flight for the measure. On Monday, Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and other Democratic leaders will release an estimate by the American Association of Airport Executives that says the airport construction funds will support the employment of 90,000 workers and affect another 190,000 jobs.
The estimate is based on a calculation that $1 billion in federal spending supports 35,000 jobs. However, Transportation Department economists have previously said similar calculations for highway spending assume that state and local governments will match federal spending by 25 percent, or $250 million.
Democrats were also careful in a statement provided to The Associated Press to use the term “support” rather than “create” when referring to the jobs, since it’s not clear how many of jobs would be new.
Nevertheless, the aviation bill presents Democrats with a means to show quick results in answer to President Barack Obama’s call in his State of the Union speech to boost the economy through building and modernizing road, bridges, trains and other transportation infrastructure.
“This measure will give a green light to overdue improvement projects at airports across the country,” Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said in the statement. “These projects will make air travel safer and more efficient while also putting hundreds of thousands of Americans to work.”
The principal purpose of the bill is to provide authority for Federal Aviation Administration programs for the next two years, including an acceleration of the modernization of the nation’s aging air traffic control system.
The last law providing long-term authority for FAA programs expired in 2007. Congress has since kept FAA programs going through a series of 17 short-term extensions.
In the House, Republicans have also signaled they intend to fast-track an FAA bill. Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., the new chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, has said the bill will be his first priority.
It’s still unclear what a House bill might look like, although Republicans will be looking for ways to cut spending as they seek to make good on campaign promises to shrink the federal government.
FAA operations cost more than $14 billion annually. The agency also plans to spend about $20 billion over the next decade to transform the air traffic network from one relying on radar to a satellite-based system designed to handle more planes more efficiently.
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Comments (113)
Hefsmaster
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:33pmIt has the word “aviation” in it. It could literally mean anything possible within miles of an airport. Probably another infusion for TSA so then can get past the third knuckle.
Report Post »Mister_Bill
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:27pmThe elite are trying again to to us what we need. Spend money to get jobs equals votes in the voting booth. Where was the call for the reduction of anything else to pay for this. What are we going to do? Have China pay for it and then we will pay them back? We do not need any more of Obama’s Follies (new term – hows it sound?)
Report Post »LuvThisCntry
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:27pmGovernment are bleeding the people dry….
Isn’t that what the stimulus was for, to create jobs?
Report Post »tobefreeinmt
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:22pmIt’s all paid for with tax dollars, again. This is a joke. A sick stupid joke. These people in power are idiots and criminals beyond measure. It’s like chimps in a dynamite shack. It’s not a question of “if” they will blow themselves up, it’s a question of “when”.
Report Post »2smart
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:20pmSo the ignorants in the Seanate want to spend $8 billion for airport jobs, infrastructure and technology upgrades. That ain’t enough and as we have seen NUMEROUSLY in the past these clowns cannot estimate worth a crap. I bet it would be closer to 12000 jobs and would only apply to airports that are in a democrat district with lots of donors. Besides i don’t recall this in the Constitution. Another waste of money on a frivolous endevour!!
Report Post »neverending
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:19pmStop the FLIPPIN spending. What part of that do these sorry sob’s not get?
Report Post »eventual
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:18pmAnother union payoff.
Throw it on the pile (mountain) with the others.
Report Post »JohnnyJT
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:18pmFed Govt gets too much Money
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:16pmBUT BUT BUT Obama wants to cut 100 million fromt he budget! http://www.wimp.com/budgetcuts/
Report Post »Mister_Bill
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:42pmEQUALJUSTICE – Was that in this SOTU this year or last year? Remember what Obama promised during his campaign? Of course not everybody forgot. He said the he would go through the budget, line by line and cut out all the waste and fraud. Hows that working out for you now? We do not need anymore of Obama”s Follies. (new term) Remember to vote in 2012.and tell them elites what you think.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 1:18pmIt was in 2009 and it is a way to visualize just how much in debt we really are! Another point is that he hasn’t cut A PENNY in two years, he has only spent, so the 100 million was just a token figure he threw out there, anyway! He has never gone over the budget line by line.. as a matter of fact, they STILL do not even have a budget. ONE TERM PREZ for sure! :)
Report Post »taebaggranny
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 1:21pm@ MISTER_BILL Don’t wait for 2012…E-MAIL your Senators and Reps NOW!!! I know someone that works in the office of my Rep and she said flood their E-Mails with what you want and are concerned about..I told her they would get sick of my E-Mails showing up daily…She said to do it anyway…
Report Post »conservativeBC
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:15pmStates Most Likely To Go Bankrupt
http://conservativeblogscentral.blogspot.com/2011/01/states-most-likely-to-go-bankrupt.html
The very liberal Daily Beast put out their States Most Likely To Go Bankrupt today. It has an obvious agenda.
It thought I would find a more reputable media outlet that could give us an idea of what the real numbers show.
Here is the The 10 States Most Likely To Default from the Business Insider.
I took their top ten and added a star to a red-blue map of the 2008 presidential elections. The results are predictable. The blue states are the ones in trouble.
Report Post »teachermitch32
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:15pmAgreed Hemp. As a contractor I would not be eligable for any of the contracts this might provide, because I am not union, and I don’t have any union amployees. It is targeted only for unionized jobs. More scocial justice I suppose. And, I might add, scocial justice on the backs of the taxpayers.
Report Post »2smart
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:14pmSo the libs want to spend $8 billion on airport jobs and it’s also to cover infrastructure and technology upgrades. That ain’t enough and as we have seenNUMEROUSLY
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:27pmI thought that was what the last 1 tillion was for????
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:11pmWhen they make a 100 billion in cut,then we should at least hear them out. But until they start acting responsible they should be cut off from the tax payers tap.
Report Post »Wilma
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:11pmWhy us it that Congressional “jobs” bills always create jobs in the construction industry? How does that help unemployed white collared workers? I view it as discriminatory against women as well.
Report Post »hempstead1944
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:10pmJust another vehicle to payoff the unions……neither a jobs bill or aviation bill……just more government garbage legislation…
Report Post »pscully17
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:06pmAmen Fertland!!! Its the Governors DUTY to take action, Kick the FEDERAL EPA out and start drilling to protect our Sovereignty!! Every state with Natural resources needs to start drilling, digging, mining and producing IMMEDIATELY!!! Get the farmers back in Full operation and start growing crops to feed us and QUIT frigging burning our food for fuel!! Good GOD, who the hell decided we should do that? the EPA AND DC PROGRESSIVE TREE HUGGERS!!
Report Post »gnlchosenbyhim2
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:06pmThis will be another Boston Dig Project. They still don’t get it. WE are out of MONEY…Stop with this crap already.
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:04pmRockefeller and his cronies pushing an 8 billion dollar bill – under the guise of ‘for the public and creating jobs’. Uh-huh….you can bet that Rockefeller and cronies have a different agenda for spending that kind of money. I‘d make a bet that not all of the ’8 billion’ will actually go into what it was meant for.
Now is not the time to be spending that kind of funds…..balance the budget (and live by it) and get rid of our debt first….like every American citizen is trying to do with their own finances. We can then rebuild our infrastructure as it should have been maintained long, long ago.
Report Post »fertlmind
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:11pmRockefeller is a treasonous commie goon and those who follow him are stupid to think that he is concerned about anything but his own power and wealth.
Report Post »jose wasabi
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:03pmNo more spending!! Could ‘we the people’ possibly be any clearer?
Report Post »fertlmind
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 11:59amForget this and let’s get Americans working tapping into our oil reserves in Alaska!
Report Post »We would get a huge bang for our buck, and break the ties to foreign oil
we wouldn’t be held hostage by OPEC any more
And we shouldn’t export ANY OF IT except to Canada if they wanted some.
This is the easiest and best way to shore up our economy and increase our national security.
jose wasabi
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:04pmAgreed. And start building refineries as well.
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:08pmlets take the ‘confiscated’ energy products off the shelf (the ones taken away from the inventors that would have minimized the use of energy products). We don’t need more oil, we need to bring to the public the proven technologies that have proven themselves.
Report Post »pscully17
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 11:54amThe Congress is Tottally out of control!! Declaration of independence states: when Government becomes abusive and destructive, it is the duty and the Right of the people to dissolve and abolish sucjh government and replace it, and start over!! The STATES have governments, losing the federal Government wont be a total loss, in fact, the Continuing resolution they had to pass in emergncy fashion to fund it, runs out march 1, at that time it would be good to stop funding it, and replcae every idiot in the joint. These people took an oath to uphold the Constitution, and its RESTRICTIONS on the size and scope of Government.. Chuck Schumer yesterday on cnn even mis-stated the 3 Branches of Government– ” yes we have 3 branches of Government the House, the senate and the Executive–” Chuck schumer hey Chuckie what happened to the Judicial Branch? are you not adhering to the future rulings of the supreme court if they arent in your favor? Either uphold your OATH to protect and preserve the Constitution or RESIGN on the grounds that you will not!!
Report Post »AZfreeman
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:43pmThis gets sticky. Although I agree with the tenor of what you say, you have to remember that in a society as divided as ours, there are an equal number of people (idiots) on the Progressive side who also want to do away with our government. So the question becomes, what would they replace it with? Simply dissolving government (or even a violent revolution) does not guarantee a better government will evolve…(the fate of Egypt is still in question).. Our revolution was truly a miracle. Perhaps we should concentrate more on conservative government reform back to the founding principles? So, how do we “wake up America” ?? …rf
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” John Adams
Report Post »Colhauser
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 11:52amthese are the same turkeys that let John Murtha build his own airport that nobody uses
Report Post »historyguy48
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 1:28pmHey, that airport is a major hub. The robins all get together there when migrating twice a year.
Report Post »Human traffic, well two flights a day, sometimes there are even passengers.
middleclassprophet
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 11:51am“These projects will make air travel safer and more efficient while also putting hundreds of thousands of Americans to work.”
Excellent.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 11:56amWe will see.
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:11pmFor how long will these people find work? Will they tear down the new construction after it is finished and begin again? This is the problem when the government “creates” jobs….they are temporary, at best. I have no problem with the construction of airports or work on our nation’s infrastructure, but I have a big problem with government waste, cronyism, and political games with the lives of American citizens….and they call themselves “job creators”….the only jobs that our political elites are truly concerned about is their own….they fight like a pack of wild dogs over our tax money just to further their own careers….This “8 billion” will soon turn into 12-14 billion…..but what do they care?? It’s not THEIR money that they are spending.
Report Post »gopsnativeson
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:22pmExcellent,,,,,,,, if you’re on the recieving end.
Not so excellent if you’re on the paying end.
Tell us, MIDDLECLASSPROPHET, how many jobs were created in the private sector with the trillions of dollars that went out last year & the year before on the tarp program, the bailout program & the stimulas.
We grew the government, we propped up bankrupt states for a year, we propped up unions for a year, we’ve taken over most of the auto industry, the health care industry, the student loans, the morgage industry, the banking industry, just to name a few, so please tell us how many jobs in the private sector will be created with this new aviation bill.
Tell us how & why it cant & shouldnt be done with private industry & private money.
Come on, tell us all.
Report Post »ltb
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 11:51amIf the airport is needed, let a private corporation build it so they can turn a profit.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 11:56amAgreed, the private sector can handle it more smoothly, efficiently, and cost effective.
Report Post »booger71
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:46pmJust like private enterprise did in Branson, MO
Report Post »taebaggranny
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:58pm@ LTB A new airport isn’t needed…They could easily resurface the existing runways and have a SAFE airport.. This is just another way for the Dems to buy the Unions support in 2012..As for the Repubs that voted for this joke of a bill in 2010.. We need their names and send them the message that WE THE PEOPLE do not want anymore wasteful spending..As for the creation of jobs…another joke..Ask anyone of the Aides or teachers how much the stemilus money did to help them..Most of it is already gone and jobs are still in jepordy(sp)..Anything this administration..ie: the Dems, proposes is to buy more power from their base…
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 1:19pmThe air traffic control system needs to be totally rebuilt and the government is in control of it. The computers and controller screens are decades old, often break down and we have hundreds of “near misses” on a daily bases. So there is a need for this. The same is true with most of our landing and take off strips – they are in terrible shape and some of them just barely are long enough for the new jets. This in my opinion would be a perfect jobs program as it is really needed. http://wp.me/pYLB7-yl
Report Post »DanB
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 2:43pm“The air traffic control system needs to be totally rebuilt”–I agree. Solution is found in “and the government is in control of it.” That is the part that needs to be rebuilt. Get government out of control!!!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 11:48amAnother boondoggle on the way, this will only, at best – and doubtfully at that, make only temporoary jobs avalible in the districts of important democratic party figures. Why they will not understand the people of america are sick and tired of the waste, waste, waste when we need to streamline, slim down and for parts not needed dump out of existence the adminstration and the government.
Report Post »nsblues
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:10pmencinom- why are you bringing your homophobic bigotry to this site? Your continued use of hateful rhetoric shows you did not get the message that your leader Barack Obama was talking to you to. Why not make your point without the intolerance?
Report Post »->Click for online job<-
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:11pmLet the market build these airports, if there is demand for it.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:16pm@nsblues
The movement was orignal called the Tea-Bag movement, I am just staying with its roots. Of course just because it has another meaning, doesn’t mean I am calling Tea-Baggers that, are you?
Miguelito
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:19pmUS Government need to have a downsizing like companies and my family finances! The Dems had two years to do something positive and how could anyone in their right mind believe anything they say anymore! Enough is enough. We can make change through the ballot boxes not with violence. We are good Godly people who can change the world through Love.
Report Post »Lars Skipole
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:19pmLooks more like union pay back.
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:27pmThe major difference between freedom (Capitalism) and tyranny (Communism, Socialism, Fascism, Kingdoms & Tribal Chiefs) is the purpose of the deployment of capital. The Capitalist’s purpose for deployment (investment) of Capital (wealth) is to create more wealth and earn the entrepreneur a profit. The tyrant’s uses deployment of wealth to obtain political support, punish political dissent or reward cronies. This is a sure formula to consume and destroy wealth. Remember, wealth is the goods and services required to sustain your life and standard of living.
The Capitalist creates wealth the tyrant consumes wealth.
Report Post »http://commonsense21c.com/
HillBillySam1
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:28pm@ENCINOM
Report Post »60 years ago our nation was in the midst of the Cold War….the Interstate Highway System was designed to improve our National Defense more than it was designed to create jobs…..Americans understood that then….just as they understand now that our government is incapable properly managing our finances….they propose 1 TRILLION dollars to Obamacare which will make small business owners pay more for their employees, hurting PERMANENT job creation…..They propose 8 BILLION dollars for this new airport construction, which are only very temporary……What happened to all of that money left over from the 2nd Stimulus Package?? The Tea Party wants our government to be fiscally responsible, honest, transparent, and sincere……so far, the Obama Administration has failed miserably in each category……I suppose that it is much easier to attack those who want a better government for all American citizens than it is to defend an inept government from those same citizens…..that being the case, please explain to me who the real “*********” is……
sconnolly
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:30pm@ encinom
Where is this magic money tree?
What part of The USA is broke do you not understand *******?
Report Post »Dale
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:31pmencinom;
What sense does it make to spend money on air ports, when the obomba administration is doing its best to kill air traffic? Do you think the TSA promotes streamlined, less expensive travel? Do you think his stimulus package added (or at least saved) jobs, except for his buddies? Do you think people travel more in economic hard times, and finally; do you think we are going to get out of this mess shortly? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you, I fear; are one of the duped dopes obomba relies on.
Report Post »Marcobob69
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:52pmAre those Union jobs? OF COURSE!!! Workers of the world unite! Are they green jobs? Well, no, but it’s to create jobs, so we’ll overlook it this time. And it ONLY costs $8,000,000,000, a mere drop in the proverbial bucket. “Democrats were also careful in a statement provided to The Associated Press to use the term “support” rather than “create” when referring to the jobs, since it’s not clear how many of jobs would be new.” So these aren’t NEW jobs after all, just renamed OLD jobs. More lies from Washington!!! Not to worry, the people are “too stupid” to know they are being lied to! I learned a long, long time ago, if something seems too good to be true, 99% of the time it IS too good to be true, and isn’t true at all! These Washington “folks” just can‘t miss an opportunity to SPEND MONEY THEY DON’T HAVE!
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 1:09pmCLICK, is that you????? hahahahaha you changed your nick?? ok if it’s not YOU, sorry. Now back to reading….(hehehe :)
Report Post »lecar
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 1:20pmAS much as I would like to agree with the idea of spending cuts, infrastructure is one area in this country that really sucks. We pay exorbiant taxes on all kinds of transportation commodities, but I do not see huge improvements to roads, bridges, rails, and airports. I visit some of the Asian countries (like Taiwan and Japan) and I see a lot of infrastructure improvements happening. When was the last big US infrastructure project? The Boston tunnel comes to mind.
Report Post »I think the real issue is not the need, but the beuracracy of bids and cost over-runs on these projects!
Rogue
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 1:25pmThe TSA is licking it’s chops at this news… I’m sure they are set to get a big chuck of change to help make us “safer”.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 1:34pmHEY DEMS >> what part of WE ARE OUT OF MONEY .. do YOU not UNDERSTAND .. really these people were on the Short Bus to school for certain.
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 1:56pmSo let me get this straight
It cost $1.5 trillion
to get an $8 billion dollars jobs package?
Hell I would have done it for only $1 trillion
Report Post »DisillusionedDaily
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 7:11pmNote to Harry Ried and the Democrat controlled senate: WE ARE BROKE!!!!! We the people want you to stop spending money we do not have. If you really want this bill, show us the money!
Report Post »*************************
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 8:17pmNO … MORE … SPENDING
rather REPEAL AND RECOVER — that’s right, recover all that Obama (& Democrats) stolen money
sheriff BART [to Jim on cot in jail-cell]: “Are we awake?”
Report Post »town drunk JIM [hanging off cot]: “We’re not sure. Are we black?”
sheriff BART: “Yes, we are.”
town drunk JIM: “Then we’re awake … but very puzzled.”
-Blazing Saddles
woodyb
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 10:48pm@ CLICK –
NO CAN DO!!!!!!!
Didn’t you know that Henry Ford, Henry Flagler (of railroad fame), Thomas Edison, the Wright Brothers, Higgins (of Higgins boats), Bill Gates, John Deere and hundreds of other inventors, investors, and developers, are/were, in fact, government employees????
We can have no industrial/economic growth without governmental interference!!!!!!!
Report Post »MHP
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 11:36pmSnow,
I do support the bill, as I think several republicans will.
Sure we can make changes to it.
We should keep it out of democrat’s pockets. and we have.
We just opened up a brand new terminal in Cody, WY http://www.flyyra.com and we’re on the route to constructing a brand new airport in Hot Springs Co. WY, as FAA will NOT certify the one we have now in Thermopolis because we are between 2 mountains which makes flights hard to fly in and out.
But we do it anyways.
You should come visit us, come see the re-enacted gun fights @ the Irma Hotel
You’d love staying there.
let me know when you come if you decide
capt777737@msn.com
Report Post »MHP
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 11:50pm@walkwithme1966
We do need the FAA to control the air traffic, that’s where ATC comes in.
Nobody else can do it. I’m a Civil Air Patrol member, and we depend on them on helping us in our missions we conduct, which most are saves, some fatalities. (I’ve been on one fatality mission—it tore up my heart, but I spect that even of a police officer who had his first shooting, they would too. But we move on and do other rescues, we have to in our line of work.)
This is a federal government function which is needed and has to be carried out.
Report Post »I got a tape Grounded 9/11 ATC grounded 5000 commercial planes within 3 hours flat, an amazing feat.
Praise the FAA, and especially our ATC who keeps us safe in the skies