Speaking from the Senate floor, U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum (R., Pa.) urged his colleagues to curtail a popular perk: private corporate-sponsored flights at bargain rates for members of Congress.Rick Santorum - A man of the utmost integrity.
"This is clearly a subsidy," he said March 8.
Two days earlier, he had taken a BellSouth plane from a runway near his home in Leesburg, Va., to fund-raising events in North Carolina and South Carolina. The jet ferried Santorum, two aides and Ward White, BellSouth's top Washington lobbyist.
Santorum paid $6,955 - first-class rates, as Senate rules require, but a fraction of what it costs to operate the plane.
May 5, 2006
More on Santorum (didn't see this in the P-G)
From the Philadelphia Inquirer:
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President's & Republicans' approval ratings are even lower in a poll released today. Maybe people are finally sick of their leadership style: "Do as I say, not as I do"???
HAH!! I had that on Wedensday!! I finally beat you to a headline!!
(does happy dance)
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