This article explains the democratic crafted bill that was voted on today. Basically, the 107 page bill would require senators and candidates to pay the full rate for trips on non-commercial planes. That means no more gallivanting around on Air force One, even for political trips. Also, it wouldn't allow these members to accept rides on private planes either. Heaven forbid these people wouldn't get star treatment and might just have to ride first class on a commercial plane instead.
The bill is considered landmark legislation. I found this very interesting because President Bush objected to the new bill and considered whether or not to sign it. After all the bill was introduced to minimize scandal and corruption. Not to mention the 14 senators who opposed the bill were Republican.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-08-02-senate-votes_N.htm
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I think it is awful that our elected officials get such priveleges that the average citizen could never afford. For me to get a crappy plane ride to anywhere is a blessing! I understand that movie and music people actually did something (acted, sang) and that the public actually bought their movies and cd's and thus made them rich. But I think the people's representatives should not simply be handed money and priveleges from out of our tax dollars. At least we made the choice of what movie/music to buy, we did not make the choice to have our taxes appropriated for personal jet planes.
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