Would you vote to stop transportation subsidies for the John Murtha Airport in J
ABC News report here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvzNj0Vobss
Some facts before you vote:
* Only 3 flights daily, to only one destination: Washington, D.C. (Dulles airport)
o Averages 20 passengers daily
+ Airport passenger count has fallen by 50% in the past 10 years, as federal funds continue to pour in
* Received $200 million in federal funds over 20 years, $150 million steered by Representative Murtha himself, who uses the airport for campaign stops
* Has an $8.5 million radar system paid for by taxpayers, that remains unstaffed and unused
* Received $800,000 in stimulus funds this year to repave a backup runway, even though the airport manager says there are no safety issues with the current runway
* Named the John Murtha Airport, 650-acre state-of-the-art facility in Johnstown, PA
* Federal funds subsidize every flight into the airport, an average of $100 per passenger on each flight
53 Senators voted to continue shoveling money into airport. Why? Perhaps this video explains it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEfICUoWKBw
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FOR Airport Spending--- 53 Akaka (D-HI) Baucus (D-MT) Begich (D-AK) Bennet (D-CO) Bingaman (D-NM) Bond (R-MO) Boxer (D-CA) Brown (D-OH) Burris (D-IL) Cantwell (D-WA) Cardin (D-MD) Carper (D-DE) Casey (D-PA) Conrad (D-ND) Dodd (D-CT) Dorgan (D-ND) Durbin (D-IL) Feinstein (D-CA) Franken (D-MN) Gillibrand (D-NY) Hagan (D-NC) Harkin (D-IA) Inouye (D-HI) Johnson (D-SD) Kaufman (D-DE) Kerry (D-MA) Klobuchar (D-MN) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Lieberman (ID-CT) Lincoln (D-AR) Menendez (D-NJ) Mikulski (D-MD) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL) Nelson (D-NE) Pryor (D-AR) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Rockefeller (D-WV) Sanders (I-VT) Schumer (D-NY) http://www.youtube.com/ Shaheen (D-NH) Stabenow (D-MI) Tester (D-MT) Udall (D-CO) Udall (D-NM) Voinovich (R-OH) Warner (D-VA) Webb (D-VA) Whitehouse (D-RI) Wyden (D-OR) Side: Democrat
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Against Airport Spending---43 Alexander (R-TN) Barrasso (R-WY) Bayh (D-IN) Bennett (R-UT) Brownback (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) Burr (R-NC) Chambliss (R-GA) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Collins (R-ME) Corker (R-TN) Cornyn (R-TX) Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) Ensign (R-NV) Enzi (R-WY) Feingold (D-WI) Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Gregg (R-NH) Hatch (R-UT) Hutchison (R-TX) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Johanns (R-NE) Kohl (D-WI) Kyl (R-AZ) LeMieux (R-FL) Lugar (R-IN) McCain (R-AZ) McCaskill (D-MO) McConnell (R-KY) Merkley (D-OR) Murkowski (R-AK) Risch (R-ID) Roberts (R-KS) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Snowe (R-ME) Thune (R-SD) Vitter (R-LA) Wicker (R-MS) Side: Republican
This really is pathetic. I am beginning to think more and more that the government in the United States is not a representative democracy, but a chrysoaristocracy/chrysocracy/ Side: Republican
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