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Originally Posted by dyna mo
you obviously are not knowledgeable about what's going on, i'll summarize-
the military requested she stop requesting all the travel and the hard push from her staff for the g5.
regardless of entitlement, she's overstepped her boundary of fair usage.
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That is not what the article says at all -- you are making that statement up to try to give a false impression of both the process AND the requests.
-- here are the highlights
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Congress plans to spend $550 million to buy eight jets, a substantial upgrade to the fleet used by federal officials at a time when lawmakers have criticized the use of corporate jets by companies receiving taxpayer funds.
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The congressional shopping list goes beyond what the Air Force had initially requested as part of its annual appropriations. The Pentagon sought to buy one Gulfstream V and one business-class equivalent of a Boeing 737 to replace aging planes. The Defense Department also asked to buy two additional 737s that were being leased.
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Pentagon did not request the extra planes, the house did. House Appropriations Committee says the buy to incr. capacity and replace aging fleet. The planes are plush...usage has expanded since 1995 x10.
So clearly there is hypocricy and over usage by rank and file members, since dems took control in 2006(~?) the majority of that time was under R leadership and usage.
Key facts in the tail end of article...travel must be approved by committees,
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When there are too many requests for military planes, the speaker of the House or the Senate majority leader decides who gets to go. Two House employees work full time to organize overseas trips.
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Pelosi is in charge of delegation the process for ALL members of the house -- and the tone and examples that were used in the piece were Republicans traveling, not dems.
If and when cutbacks are made, which I agree they should be, it's not going to be the house and senate leadership on the sidelines. Your point, was to make it seem like it was Pelosi alone who was abusing the system -- it is clear that is not what the piece was about.