Congress returns this week, and top of mind for transportation-minded lawmakers will be the plight of the aviation industry. With nearly every major airline warning of the possibility of tens of thousands of furloughs in the fall, labor unions have sprung into action to press Congress for help saving their jobs. They’ve found a small core group of lawmakers, led by House Transportation Chair Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), who are willing to champion them and push for an extension for the payroll aid passed in the CARES Act, H.R. 748 (116).
