Government Advocacy
110th Congress — First Session
- Texas senator to replace Lott on aviation subcommittee
- Lott resigns; impact on FAA funding issue unclear
- Stop picking on GA, congressmen tell airlines
- AOPA award goes to 'true friend' of GA
- AOPA, industry leaders educate airport execs on FAA funding
- Bush nominates Bobby Sturgell as FAA administrator
- Administration continues to push user fees
- Congress demands improvement on flight service
- ADS-B, ATC upgrade gets caution from above
- FAA funding debate: The quiet before a storm
- Flight service gets failing grade, AOPA tells Congress
- House hearing sheds more light on airline delays
- House extends current FAA funding bill
- No user fees, no airline tax cut
- Blakey blames airline delays on scheduling practices
- GA security gets attention on Capitol Hill
- AOPA keeps user fee issue front and center with Congress
- Strong hand needed now for FAA, aviation leaders say
- H.R.2881 is the best way to finance FAA, members tell Congress
- 9/11 law contains new security measures affecting GA
- House transportation leaders push for FAA funding bill without user fees
- GA-supported FAA funding bill gets bipartisan support
- Pilots should have a say in tracon consolidations
- Airlines drop user fee demand
- Scrap the need for user fees, AOPA tells Senate committee
- User fees: A battle report
- AOPA offers Congress a plan to combat medical certificate fraud
- GA must pay, senators say
- Senate Finance Committee members likely to question user fees
- House aviation leader addresses FSS problems
- AOPA endorses House FAA funding bill
- GA needs are addressed in House security bill
- Future fuels, UAV regs get attention on Capitol Hill
- Reps. Costello, Boswell come out hard against user fees
- FAA postpones Palm Springs Tracon consolidation
- AOPA takes user fee battle to key Senate committee
- AOPA's lobbying efforts against user fees continues
- Senate committee narrowly keeps user fees
- AOPA objects to $25 per flight user fee
- Senate FAA bill is better for some facets of GA
- Fight against user fees, taxes increases is going well
- Politicians respond to AOPA members' objections to FAA funding plan
- GA airports would take a hit under FAA plan
- 9/11 measure aims to enhance GA security
- Tepid Senate response to administration's FAA funding bill
- Rep. Udall questions holdups in NextGen development
- Pilot medical applications center of congressional investigation
- Skeptical members of Congress skewer FAA funding proposal
- FAA 'gulping the airline Kool-Aid,' congressman says
- FAA keeps beating the drum for higher taxes
- Another cold shoulder for massive GA tax hike
- Some senators want aviation to pay more
- Sen. Inhofe sticks up for GA, criticizes taxes
- FAA funding broken? DOT admits it isn't
- FAA funding: Airlines win and GA loses
- Do you want to pay nearly a fourfold increase in avgas tax? AOPA members tell it as it is to Congress
- 'What can I do, Phil?': A message from AOPA President Phil Boyer
- Contacting Congress
- FAA funding proposal gets panned on Capitol Hill
- 'A cynical attempt to shift costs'
- GA's biggest threat makes landfall: User fees and tax hikes in president's budget
- AOPA tells reporters what to watch out for on user fees
- The coming battle: How to pay for the FAA
- Washington tea leaves: GA, be very concerned
- TSA chief tells Senate panel small GA not big risk
- New Congress, new leadership, old friends
- First 100 hours legislative dash includes aviation security
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