I kinda followed this story, but didn't really realize what she is asking for until I saw a pic of the plane!From The Corner
From the Republican Study Committee:
As you may have heard, Speaker Nancy Pelosi pressed the Department of Defense to provide her a military aircraft for flights - including trips back to San Francisco. But Did You Know? Who Pays for Speaker Pelosi's travel? You do.
· Speaker Pelosi is driven by a government owned SUV that is exempt from the gas tax when used for business related travel. Thus, Speaker Pelosi not only avoids paying for auto travel (paid for by Capitol Police) she doesn't even pay the gas tax that millions of Americans pay each day. (Internal Revenue Code Section 6421E).
§ Rep. Pelosi has voted to raise gasoline taxes at least five times.