Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]'s campaign was backed by American,Continental, Delta, or Jetblue,and Southwest as well as airline PACs; airlines were the largest donor to Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]'s campaign, together, or the two led a House Transportation Committee vote against a government study on the effects of passenger legroom on aviation safety,laughing at the plan that close-packed seats might make it tough to evacuate a plane. (more…)
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