Oh? Now THAT'S news!
Pelosi is tired of asking the air force for theirs..they are a bunch of scum, they could fly coach on major airlines, they need money too..
Pelosi needs to be removed as Speaker asap. This vile witch is completely out of control.
Congressional money-wasting is one of the most reliable bipartisan efforts you’re likely to see in Congress. And wasteful military spending is an absolute favorite way to push pork into local districts, because it’s tougher to argue against such allocations without seeming like you’re not supportive of our troops.
Not only did members of Congress pillory the auto executives for flying in their private jets, but give the rest of us grief about carbon footprints etc. This is total hypocrisy and I do not care who voted for this funding, they should all be thrown out of office.
C-37B’s if anyone is wondering ......They are Gulfstream 550’s with an increased range over the Gulfstream 500’s.......now nancy can get home without refueling.
C-40 is just a Boeing 737-700C ............
I hate to say this but the earmarks are from GA republicans who want these built in their state planes. I don’t know what they may be getting from Nancy but if this is a new/old kind of jobs program it shows the republicans are out of touch as the democRATS.
Is it just me or were the dems wailing only a few years ago about deficits?????
And that was when they were a measly $500 Billion.
They saved 100 million on office supplies early in the year so I guess that will go in part towards these jets ....
But executive Bizjet transports are a LOT more useful to our government than F-22s. Cut F-22 one week, buy Gulfstreams the next,,,B@stards.
I guess no one bothered to tell Congress that there is a glut of jets on the market right now and the price has dropped 30 - 40%.
Has anyone ever seen a photo or video clip of Nancy Pelosi boarding or disembarking from her “personal” 757?
Even when she flew to Rome nothing ever made the ‘net. It seems there’s a complete media blackout around her biggest (and most wasteful) perk.
They don’t give one crap about you...just keep sending in the money...SUCKER!!!
The American people need to take a knife to Congress so that they remember that they work for us and not the other way around.
Wall Street Journal
* AUGUST 6, 2009, 6:38 P.M. ET
Notable and Quotable
John Fund on Congress spending spree.
John Fund writing in the Journals daily Political Diary e-newsletter:
The country is in tough economic straits, but you wouldnt know it by how much Congress is spending on itself. . . .
The spending spree is so big that the House Appropriations Committee has just authorized $195 million for the Pentagon to buy three Gulfstream jets. All three planes will be used to ferry government officials and members of Congress around the country on official business. The jets are well appointed and feature what Gulfstream calls an impeccably equipped cabin with best-in-class comforts.
This just makes no sense. Talk about the wrong message at the wrong time, Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri told reporters after vowing to block the funding in the Senate. She noted the Air Force itself had only requested funding for one additional plane, but the House is tripling the size of the order.
Youd think the House leadership would have thought twice about such poor symbolism. . . .
No one begrudges Ms. Pelosi access to a government jet from time to time. But the watchdog group Judicial Watch documented last March just how difficult its been for the Pentagon to accommodate Speaker Pelosis demanding schedules. Judicial Watch obtained internal Pentagon correspondence that expressed frustration with the Speakers office. One Defense Department official wrote in response to the numerous requests from her office for transportation, Any chance of politely querying [Pelosis team] if they really intend to do all of these or are they just picking every weekend? . . . [T]heres no need to block every weekend just in case. . . .
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204908604574334643041600348.html
That's right, WE DO!
So it would be safe to say that when I get ready to jet over to Europe for a little vacation I should be able to use it, right?
FRIGGIN BASTARDS!!
This is a damn disgrace.
G*d this crap is infuriating.
Remember when the left had fit because Newt complained about being stuck in the back of Air Force one on a trip?
Pelosi is building her own damn Air Force!! This is nuts!