After he had signed the debt-ceiling deal,Barack Obama mentioned "another Washington-inflicted wound on America". He was speaking about the impasse over funding for the Federal Aviation Administration (faa), which manages air safety and air-traffic control. Congressmen could not resolve a petty disagreement over the extension of the agency's operating-authority bill, which expired on July 22nd. As a result, the agency has partly shut down, and 4,000 employees have been sent home. Air-trafnc controllers are still on the job, as they are paid from a different source.
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