It looks as if my doubts about the US Congress were unfounded! As the attached from Airwise suggests, Congress will not block increased investment, as CO had been lobbying for. I may well be over-optimistic in this, but it appears - from my reading of the attached - that we may now be back on course. With the appropriate will on both sides, the original November deadline may now be achievable?
http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1149809760.html