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To: the_wheel who wrote (282908)	12/3/2008 7:50:09 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 793964

And the Dems said, "You can't fly down here to pick up cash, what are you thinking. You go home and DRIVE back down here then we going to give you the money, and you going to have to say "pretty please" too." Not just driving back to Washington, they're driving hybrids. .... The top executives at the so-called "Big Three" U.S. automakers are driving to Washington in hybrid cars Wednesday for hearings later this week that could determine the fate of their ailing companies. The chiefs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler are making the trip in hybrids - vehicles that run on gas and electricity - after being criticized by lawmakers for flying to hearings earlier this month in private jets. .... northdenvernews.com That'll impress Waxman and Pelosi. Even though its not how Nancy gets to Washington: Speaker Pelosi's Plane Wish Comes True Monday, February 05, 2007 By Brit Hume Jet Setter The Bush administration has decided to give House Speaker Nancy Pelosi the same access to military aircraft for trips to her California district as was afforded to her predecessor after 9/11. But Pelosi is said by military sources to be interested in more — a larger plane capable of carrying more people non-stop to the west coast — and asking if it's ok to fly part of the Northern California Congressional Delegation to San Francisco in the next few weeks. But a spokesman for Pelosi says she is only asking for what her predecessor had. Pelosi's also inquired about a military plane for the 152-mile trip to a Democratic party congressional conference in Williamsburg, Virginia last week. No plane was provided. ... foxnews.com