He means he'll pull some partisan politics until someone else dies on a plane so he can blame Bush. Hey, politics first. So what if a few peasants die "for the good of the federal employee union votes."
. Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., a chief sponsor of the Republican bill, said he was determined not to ``create the biggest bureaucracy in the history of a generation.''
Good man. Good job!!
``What a tragedy it would be, after seven weeks of delay, that we'd delay even more prior to the time we complete our work and ensure greater security and safety in airports all across this country,'' said Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota.
Vote with the Republicans, and it will be fixed tomarrow. Why wait????
There was common agreement that Congress must act quickly to get leery Americans back on planes.
Vote Republican.
Gephardt said that could include private airport security companies that have been under fire for giving their employees poor pay and training.
No no no, let the taxpayers foot a higher pay, hey, the money grows on trees!
The Democrats would have imposed a $2.50 per flight fee to pay for increased security. The GOP fee would be $2.50 per trip, so passengers who take connecting flights don't pay twice.
Republicans, always looking out for the tax payer instead of federal union employee votes. What a good bunch of guys, eh?
"He means he'll pull some partisan politics until someone else dies on a plane so he can blame Bush. Hey, politics first. So what if a few peasants die "for the good of the federal employee union votes."
It was interesting to see the spin on the 10 O'clock news (Channel 5, NBC, St. Louis).
"House minority leader Gephardt suffers setback in his push for airport security"!
As if Gephardt is for airport security and the Republicans are trying to deny it.
If I were writing the headline it would be "President Bush and Republicans win battle in the House for their airport security bill!"