Washington Digest — Congress passes furlough fix  WASHINGTON —
Congress passed legislation last week to fix Federal Aviation
Administration furloughs that were disrupting air travelers and
fueling growing public anger.  The House voted 361-41 to give
the FAA flexibility to reallocate $253 million to staffing
accounts from other parts of its budget. The Senate passed the
bill without a recorded vote.  The bill sought to put an end to,
or at least relax, the requirement that 15,000 air traffic
controllers take an unpaid day off every 10 days. It also would
reverse the closing of air towers at smaller airports.  The FAA
said it was forced into furlough by the across-the-board budget
cuts set in motion by the sequestration act passed in 2011 by
Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama.  When
the air traffic control furloughs began taking effect last week,
thousands of flights suffered delays at major airports and
lawmakers heard the complaints.  Democrats and Republicans
sparred over possible soluti