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WASHINGTON — Senate leaders struck a last-minute deal Thursday to avert the second partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration in as many months.
A bill that extended funding for the FAA and for highway and transit projects bogged down unexpectedly this week when Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., objected to a mandate that states spend 10 percent of their federal funding on landscaping, pedestrian safety and bike paths.
Under a compromise Thursday night, Senate leaders promised Coburn that the mandate would be dropped from a long-term highway-funding bill expected next year.
