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Congressman admits relationship with airline lobbyist
Associated Press ^ | Apr 16, 2015 6:01 PM EDT | Joan Lowy

Posted on 04/16/2015 3:16:43 PM PDT by Olog-hai

The chairman of the House committee that handles aviation legislation has acknowledged he has a private, personal relationship with an airline industry lobbyist.

Rep. Bill Shuster is chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

The Pennsylvania Republican acknowledged his relationship with Shelley Rubino in a statement Thursday but said she doesn’t lobby him.

Rubino works for Airlines for America, a trade association for major U.S. airlines. …

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: airlinesforamerica; billshuster; conflictofinterest; shelleyrubino
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1 posted on 04/16/2015 3:16:44 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

The apple falls near the tree.


2 posted on 04/16/2015 3:17:39 PM PDT by FredZarguna (It looks just like a Telefunken U-47 -- with leather.)
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To: Olog-hai

Thank God the lobbyist is female. /s


3 posted on 04/16/2015 3:17:59 PM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: Olog-hai

Huh... used to be airline stewardesses that got them in trouble...


4 posted on 04/16/2015 3:18:27 PM PDT by BlackAdderess ("Give me a but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth". --Archimedes)
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To: Olog-hai
said she doesn’t lobby him

Depends on your definition of "lobby".

5 posted on 04/16/2015 3:18:48 PM PDT by Ben Mugged (The number one enemy of liberalism is reality.)
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To: Olog-hai

Must be a Republican.

I can tell because it made the news.


6 posted on 04/16/2015 3:19:58 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: Olog-hai
Charlie Rangel has a private, personal relationship with numerous felony tax evasion charges, but the media's not kicking about that...

NAMBOLA (North American Media-Barack Obama Love Association).

NAMBOLA - the love that dares not speak its name.

motto - "We're not as bad as NAMBLA, as far as YOU know!"

7 posted on 04/16/2015 3:20:58 PM PDT by kiryandil (Egging the battleship USS Sarah Palin from their little Progressive rowboats...)
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To: Olog-hai

If Shuster was a DemocRAT and Rubino was a man, this would be no big deal.


8 posted on 04/16/2015 3:21:42 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Just Say NO To Hillary.)
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To: Olog-hai

She let him into the Mile High Club.


9 posted on 04/16/2015 3:22:22 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: AppyPappy

Yes, a Pennsylvania RINO.


10 posted on 04/16/2015 3:25:37 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: FlingWingFlyer

The AssPress would think that was beautiful.


11 posted on 04/16/2015 3:26:18 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Appears to have spent a number of years as a Democratic operative btw...


12 posted on 04/16/2015 3:28:04 PM PDT by BlackAdderess ("Give me a but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth". --Archimedes)
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To: Olog-hai
Shelley on the left (that's former Sen Breaux with her)


13 posted on 04/16/2015 3:29:00 PM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: Ben Mugged

“Depends on your definition of “lobby”. “

She’s probably been showing him “her lobby!” and maybe he’s had a “walk thru” or two!


14 posted on 04/16/2015 3:36:52 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: exit82
Thank God the lobbyist is female. /s

GMTA

15 posted on 04/16/2015 3:37:48 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: Olog-hai

“Coffee, tea, or me?”


16 posted on 04/16/2015 3:42:09 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Olog-hai

Wasn’t Tom Daschle actually married to an airline lobbyist?


17 posted on 04/16/2015 3:55:24 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Olog-hai

Women, booze or money, that is how you buy votes.

Does the money show?


18 posted on 04/16/2015 4:01:13 PM PDT by hadaclueonce (It is not heaven, it is Iowa. Everyone gets a "Corn Check")
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FReepers! Let's go!
Everyone needs to help!


Please contribute today!

19 posted on 04/16/2015 4:05:01 PM PDT by RedMDer (Keep Free Republic Alive with YOUR Donations!)
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To: DuncanWaring
Wasn’t Tom Daschle actually married to an airline lobbyist?

yup

20 posted on 04/16/2015 4:34:50 PM PDT by digger48
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