Congress passed another temporary funding measure for the FAA, Thursday, averting the layoff of possibly as many as 80,000 people, one day ahead of a Friday deadline. Thursday, the legislation was headed to the desk of President Obama for his signature. Language in the extension passed by the house would fund the FAA at previous levels through January, 2012. There was no additional funding for Next-Gen hardware and construction included in that version. The House managed to pass the extension earlier in the week and threats boiled up in the Senate to hold up the bill. Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) resolved not to pass the bill without a promise about certain long term funding for bike paths.

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