Though the US Congress has gone on recess for the rest of the month without resolving the FAA partial shutdown, there is a legislative avenue to bring agency operations back to full strength before September.
Though the US Congress has gone on recess for the rest of the month without resolving the FAA partial shutdown, there is a legislative avenue to bring agency operations back to full strength before September (ATW Daily News, Aug. 3). To prevent President Barack Obama, a Democrat, from making "recess appointments"—a maneuver often used by US presidents to put executive branch officials in positions for which the Senate is unwilling to confirm them—the ...
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