House panel boosts rural air service subsidies

June 19, 2012 at 7:00 pm in Duluth News Tribune

WASHINGTON Tea Party lawmakers from rural areas were among those fighting the hardest to preserve taxpayer subsidies for airline flights into and out of small towns last year after senior Republicans tried to eliminate the oft-criticized program. Now, the House Appropriations Committee is awarding the program an 11 percent budget increase.
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