Nightly News | August 04, 2011
Deal reached in FAA shutdown
Congress reached a deal to end the partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration. Tens of thousands of furloughed transportation and construction workers could be back on the job by Monday. NBC’S Brian Williams reports.
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BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor: A development to report tonight about a story we've been following for days about those tens of thousands of furloughed construction and transportation workers left without work, without a paycheck because of a dispute in Congress over funding the FAA . The stalemate was the latest example of what's been wrong with Congress to a lot of people. Well, tonight Congress has reached a deal that means many of those workers will be back on the job by Monday.