Budget impasse forces furloughs at US Department of Transportation

The Department said Monday 2,000 workers would be subject to the measure, a response to Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning's decision to block legislation that would have extended the budget authority for several government programmes, including the Department's Highway Trust Fund.

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