Congress: The Crash of Air Force Three
Even as the House was promising last week to cut down on perks in exchange for a pay raise, old habits were asserting themselves. Speaker Thomas Foley was embarrassed to learn about an amendment slipped into the defense-spending bill that required an Air Force C-20 jet be made available to him at all times. A military version of the Gulfstream III, the C-20 carries just eight passengers and is serviced by a crew of five.
But Foley had not asked for an Air Force Three (the President and Vice President have much larger jets). Pennsylvania Democrat John Murtha had inserted the provision. He enjoys luxurious travel and undoubtedly figured he could borrow Foley's jet. The Speaker quickly shot down his own plane.
Most Popular »
- Sex, Please, We're British: London's Erotica Expo
- The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting
- Super-Crocodiles May Have Dined on Dinosaurs
- Toilets
- Woman Loses Benefits over Facebook Photo
- Holiday Shopping: This Year It's a Game of Chicken
- Singh in Washington: Making the Case for India
- Will Private Equity Be the Next Meltdown?
- Why Exercise Won't Make You Thin
- The Fall of Greg Craig, Obama's Top Lawyer
- The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting
- Will Private Equity Be the Next Meltdown?
- Toilets
- Sex, Please, We're British: London's Erotica Expo
- Super-Crocodiles May Have Dined on Dinosaurs
- Why Exercise Won't Make You Thin
- Woman Loses Benefits over Facebook Photo
- How One Army Town Copes With Post- Traumatic Stress
- The Dark Side of Darwin's Legacy
- The Fall of Greg Craig, Obama's Top Lawyer
Quotes of the Day »
PAULA DEEN, Food Network chef, who was hit in the face by a ham while volunteering at an Atlanta food drive







RSS