Can New House Speaker Pelosi Improve Airline Comfort?
The new Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, comes without the old baggage of the last three speakers. All three predecessors were beholden to the airlines. Speaker Hastert had large numbers of United employees residing in his district. Speak Gingrich had a large number of Delta Airlines employees in his district. And Jim Wright of Fort Worth had large numbers of American Airlines employees voting in his district.
Speak Pelosi has no assemblage of airline personnel voting in her district. And because the airlines gave and continue to give heavily to republicans, she can actually speak for the consumer.