Progress slows on bill to avoid shutdown Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 4:34 pm, Tuesday, March 19, 2013 Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., refused repeatedly to permit final passage of the measure unless Democrats first allow a vote on his plan for erasing most of the cuts aimed at towers operated by Federal Aviation Administration contract employees. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., just as persistently declined to give in, and ... Read More