http://www.wtfnews.org/ Stories tagged exceed en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 10:54:32 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/cost-of-faa-shutdown-could-exceed-1-billion-foxnews-com/ The congressional standoff that has partially shut down the Federal Aviation Administration has some curious math. Lawmakers risk losing more than $1 billion in revenue from uncollected airline ticket taxes in a quarrel between Senate Democrats and House Republicans who are demanding a $16.5 million cut in rural air service subsidies. ]]> Tue, 02 Aug 2011 08:34:08 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/cost-of-faa-shutdown-could-exceed-1-billion-foxnews-com/