Bunning’s Senate Impasse Puts Two Thousand Federal Employees Out Of Work Two thousand federal transportation workers will be put on unpaid furlough today, due to Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) blocking the passage of the extension of transportation funding and unemployment benefits. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood said in a statement: “As American families are struggling in tough economic times, I am keenly disappointed that political games are putting a stop to important construction projects around the country.”
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