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Ikomidi leSenethi libambezele kungazelelwe ukuvota kwalo okuhlelelwe uLwesithathu ukuze kucutshungulwe UMongameli Joe Biden‘s ukukhetha ukuhola iFederal Aviation Administration, aqhubeke nokuphakamisa ukuqokwa osekunesikhathi kulindelwe.
Ukuqokwa kukaWashington kwamenyezelwa okokuqala nguBiden ezinyangeni eziyisishiyagalombili ezedlule kanti selokhu wabhekana nokuphikiswa okuqhubekayo kwamalungu eCongress of Republican mayelana nezindaba eziningi, okuhlanganisa nemininingwane yakhe ehlobene nokundiza kwendiza kanye nokugxambukela kwakhe kwezomthetho.
IKomidi leSenate lezohwebo, iSayensi, kanye nezokuThutha bekufanele libambe ivoti langoLwesithathu ukuze liqhubekisele phambili ukuqokwa kweWashington, kodwa uSen weWashington Democratic, uMaria Cantwell, ongusihlalo wekomidi, umemezele ekuseni ngalolo suku ukuthi ivoti “lidlulela osukwini oluzayo njengoba kusalindelwe imininingwane. amalungu akade ewafuna.” Uphinde wagcizelela ukuthi ikomidi “lizoba nale nkulumo mpikiswano ngokuzayo,” ephikisana nokuthi iWashington iwufanelekele lo msebenzi.
Kepha umsizi weSenate yaseRiphabhlikhi, ephendula indlela uCantwell achaza ngayo isimo saseWashington, utshele i-CNN, “Ukhishwe ngoba bengenawo amavoti okumtshela ukuthi aphume ekomitini. Lokhu akumayelana nolwazi olwengeziwe.”
Umsizi we-GOP uthe ngenxa yokuthi amaRiphabhlikhi ahlala emunye ekuphikisaneni nobuholi obuzoba yiWashington, “ukuqokwa kwakhe kusekelwe ekusekeleni impilo.”
“Alikho ilungu … elifuna ukuba yivoti elinqumayo lomqondisi we-FAA ongafanelekile futhi abeke engcupheni yenhlekelele yendiza eyenzeka ewashini lakhe,” bengeza.
Akukacaci ukuthi kungakanani ukuphikiswa okukhona kweWashington kulo lonke elaseSenate.
Kodwa uma kubhekwa inani elincane leqembu leDemocratic Alliance kanye nokungabibikho kwakamuva phakathi kwezigele – okuhlanganisa uSeninkulu weDemocratic Alliance u-Dianne Feinstein, uSenindela weDemocratic Alliance wasePennsylvania u-John Fetterman kanye noSotswebhu weSenate Majority u-Dick Durbin – AmaDemocrat azodinga ukwesekwa ngazwi linye ukuze aqhubekisele phambili ukuqokwa.
USen. Ted Cruz, oyilungu leRiphabhulikhi eliholayo ekomitini leSenate Commerce, uthe ngesikhathi kuqhubeka isigungu esiphezulu sephaneli ngoLwesithathu, “Ngiyajabula ukuzwa ukuthi ikomidi licabanga ukuhlehlisa ukucutshungulwa kokuqokwa kukaPhil Washington. UPhil Washington ubephambi kwaleli komiti isikhathi eside manje. Futhi ngicabanga ukuthi wonke amalungu aleli komiti ayazi ukuthi uMnu. Washington akasifanelekeli isikhundla aqokelwe kuso.”
I-White House iyaqhubeka nokuma ngemuva kweWashington kulandela ukubambezeleka kokuvota.
“Uneziqu namava alo msebenzi. Umongameli uyakukholelwa lokho futhi yilokho abaphathi bethu abakukholelwayo futhi, “unobhala wezindaba eWhite House uKarine Jean-Pierre utshele uJeremy Diamond we-CNN ngesikhathi kunesithangami nabezindaba ngoLwesithathu. “Sizoqhubeka nokunxusa iSenethi ukuthi liqhubeke ngokushesha ekuqinisekisweni kwakhe, futhi … USen. Cantwell … ukubeke kwacaca ukuthi ukuqokwa kukaPhil Washington kuzocatshangelwa ngokugcwele – ngokugcwele – yikomidi.”
Ngaphambi kwevoti langoLwesithathu elichithiwe, inqwaba yamaqembu ashaye ujenga emelene neWashington.
Izinyunyana zabasebenzi bezindiza, ababengonobhala bezokuthutha ezinhlangothini zombili zendlela, iFrontier Airlines ezinze eDenver kanye namalungu omndeni wezisulu zengozi abashone ku-Ethiopian Air Flight 302 bonke bagunyaze iWashington.
Izikhulu zangaphambili zoMnyango Wezokuthutha ezazisebenza kule nhlangano ngesikhathi sokuphatha kukaTrump zisayine ku-a incwadi kumongameli bezwakalisa ukuphikisa kwabo ukuqinisekiswa kweWashington.
U-Cruz kanye no-Missouri Rep. Sam Graves, usihlalo weKomidi LeNdlu Yezokuthutha Nengqalasizinda, bobabili bazwakalise ukuphikiswa ekuqokweni kweWashington.
I-FAA isisebenze unyaka wonke ngaphandle komlawuli unomphela.
Ngaleso sikhathi, le nhlangano ibhekane nezinkinga ezimbalwa ezikhungethe abahambi kanye nemboni yezindiza, njengokushayisana kwakamuva okubandakanya izindiza, ukushoda kwezisebenzi ezibalulekile kanye nokungasebenzi kahle kobuchwepheshe bokuguga okudale ukuphazamiseka okukhulu kwezohambo lwendiza.
Ngenkathi amaDemocrats abonakala esekela kakhulu ngesikhathi sokulalelwa kokuqinisekiswa kweWashington ekuqaleni kwale nyangaubotshwe izigele zeRiphabhulikhi ezindabeni ezivelile kusukela aqokwa njengozoba umphathi ehlobo eledlule.
UWashington, oyi-CEO yamanje yesikhumulo sezindiza i-Denver International, uye wabamba izindima zobuholi ezinhlanganweni zezokuthutha zikamasipala, okuhlanganisa e-Denver nase-Los Angeles, egxile emizileni yamabhasi nesitimela. Ubuye wahola ithimba lezinguquko le-Biden-Harris eMnyangweni wezokuThutha. Ngaphambi komsebenzi wakhe wezokuthutha, uWashington wasebenza kwezempi iminyaka engu-24.
Ngenkathi uWashington esebenze ezikhundleni ezihlobene nezokuthutha kusukela ngo-2000, wayengenalo ulwazi embonini yezindiza ngaphambi kokujoyina isikhumulo sezindiza saseDenver ngo-2021 – okukhathaza kakhulu amalungu ekomidi.
Selokhu aqokwa, uWashington uphinde wabhekana nemibuzo mayelana nokuqanjwa kwakhe encwadini egunyaza ukuseshwa ekhishwe njengengxenye yophenyo lwenkohlakalo yezepolitiki e-Los Angeles, kanye nokunye okungase kubambisene nomthetho. Abantu baseRiphabhlikhi baphinde babuza ukuthi ngabe uWashington, umakadebona Wezempi owashiya ezempi ngo-2000 ngemuva kweminyaka engaphezu kwengu-20 esebenza, uzothathwa ngokomthetho njengomuntu ovamile – okuyisidingo ukuze asebenze njengenduna ye-FAA.
Uma engabhekwa njengomuntu ovamile, uzodinga ukuhoxiswa kuCongress kumvumela ukuthi ahole i-ejensi. Futhi amaRiphabhulikhi kuzo zombili iNdlu kanye neSenethi awakusekeli ukunikeza iWashington ukuhoxiswa.
Le ndaba nesihlokwana sibuyekeziwe ngentuthuko eyengeziwe.
