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AIN Blog: Congress Once Again Says ‘No’ to User Fees
User fees–like any number of bad ideas–never seem to die in Washington.
Rep. Jerry Costello is among the lawmakers urging President Obama to abandon his plan for per-flight fees.
Rep. Jerry Costello is among the lawmakers urging President Obama to abandon his plan for per-flight fees.

The leaders of the House aviation subcommittee have sent a letter to President Obama opposing his inclusion of a $100 aviation user fee in his Fiscal Year 2013 budget proposal. It was signed by 195 members of the full House of Representatives.

While we’d like to think the current and future White House budget directors will finally get the message, don’t bet your farm on it. It’s often said that bad ideas never die in Washington.