A deadline to renew the law underpinning the existence of the Federal Aviation Administration coincides with the one to extend federal funding this weekend, leaving the agency facing an especially broad double government shutdown.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
The FAA faces a double government shutdown this weekend. Here’s why.
Air traffic controllers would continue coming to work, but training would halt and the agency would miss out on $50 million a day in tax revenue
By Ian Duncan
and Updated September 27, 2023 at 4:14 p.m. EDT|Published September 27, 2023 at 11:29 a.m. EDT