Boeing received a boost on its tanker bid last week when the House Defense Appropriations subcommittee, of which Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Goddard, is a member, imposed contract restrictions on the Pentagon that are favorable to Boeing. But the measure’s prospects in the Senate don’t look good, according to DoD Buzz blog. For one thing, Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, was supposed to be a “back-stop” supporter, but he has dropped his position as ranking member of the Senate Defense Appropriations subcommittee until his seven charges of corruption are settled. The blog also said: “Should such language get in somehow, Sens. John Warner, R-Va., and John McCain, R-Ariz., are likely to oppose it as the bill moves to the Senate floor.”
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The over throw of America is right in front of your eyes i pray you keep them open so you can at least watch being you won’t help Americans stop it.
I doubt that the whole tanker contract hinges on Stevens. But, the way the contract is written now, it would continue to give the EADS/NOC team some advantages.
In the past, the USAF has always said that they preferred a smaller tanker for obvious reasons. All of a sudden, they have flip-flopped. With the high price of fuel, they need to reconsider the smaller tankers. It shouldn’t take a bill to make this happen. Just a little thought. Has our government lost the ability to think?
If EADS does win the USAF Tanker contract, they will pull further ahead in the tanker busisness than Boeing currently is. If this happens, EADS may eventually become the number US defense contractor. And that would be very strange because they are a foreign company.
Look towards the Pennsylvania Representative Democrat Jack Murtha.
Labeled as the most corrupt member of Congress, he sits as the chairman to the defense appropriations subcommittee. Ironically, Todd Tiahrt is on that committee.
Mr. Corrupt Murtha got upset at Tiahrt on a swing vote measure that would have brought home a ton of pork to Murtha’s district. So Murtha (publicly on record) told Tiahrt that he would make sure that his district would never get the Boeing tanker project.
And so that is why you see Airbus getting the contract, even though it was riddled with errors. It’s because of Murtha.
And so long as that Democrat Congressman sits as the Chairman. Boeing will not get the contract.
Are you being intentionally deceptive, or deliberately obtuse. Is this the Murtha you’re referring to?
Mcairbus mccain is the real threat to the tanker contract. Guess which party he belongs to?
March 5, 2008 – Murtha Statement on the AF Tanker Replacement Program PDF | Print |
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman John P. Murtha, Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, issued the following statement before today’s open hearing on the Air Force contract award for the tanker replacement program with Ms. Sue Payton, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition and LTG John “Jack” Hudson, ASC Commander and Program Executive Officer:
“This committee has done everything it could to speed up the decision by the Air Force to put tankers in the Air Force arsenal.
“There is no committee in the House that has done more to recognize the importance of aerial refueling tankers to the Air Force’s ability to respond to any threat to our national security.
“I personally consider our aerial refueling program to be a major weapons system that is essential to our national security.
“Having said that, when I look at our banks being bailed out by foreign countries, when I see a rising trade deficit with China and the rest of the world, and when my staff gives me a paper that shows our Treasury and other U.S. Agencies owe China $922 billion in debt, I think it’s imperative that the Air Force explain to this committee its decision to award a major U.S. weapons system to a foreign company.”
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Remember Phantom. You are talking about Politicians. Many of them had no problems with Airbus getting the contract. Only the KS delegation, in particular only Roberts and Tiahrt (the rest could care less) and a few Washington State Delegates were the only vocal complaints against the Airbus winning the bid.
Only after a huge backlash from the American people who didn’t think it was right is only when other politicians stepped up and voice their concern.
But if you want to know about your precious Murtha: Threat to Deny Spending Projects
After Rep. Mike Rogers offered a motion in May of 2007 that would have stripped a $23 million earmark inserted by Rep. Murtha, Rep. Murtha approached Rep. Rogers on the House floor and stated, “I hope you don’t have any earmarks in the defense appropriations bills because they are gone, and you will not get any earmarks now and forever.” Rep. Rogers replied, “This is not the way we do things here,” and, “is that supposed to make me afraid of you?” Rep. Murtha retorted, “That’s the way I do it.” Rep. Rogers declined to file a former ethics complaint and a resolution aimed at reprimanding Rep. Murtha was permanently tabled.
Earlier in May, Rep. Murtha had threatened Rep. Todd Tiahrt for voting in committee in favor of Rep. Rogers’ motion to strip the earmark. Rep. Murtha approached Rep. Tiahrt on the House floor and unleashed a tirade, during which he [Rep. Murtha] threatened to withdraw his support from a defense project in Rep. Tiahrt’s district. Asked about the issue later, Rep. Tiahrt claimed, “It was a little misunderstanding,” and refused to discuss the matter. After his conversation with Rep. Murtha, Rep. Tiahrt apparently changed his position regarding the earmark and despite having voted for Rep. Rogers’ amendment in committee, he voted against it on the House floor.
http://www.beyonddelay.org/summaries/murtha.php
Look! Stevens is a bad dude. A very bad and corrupt member of the Senate. I hope the guy gets life in prison. So this isn’t a partisan attack against a Dem.
Murtha is known to be a very vindictive mofo. So don’t you dare try to defend him.
There’s a whole lot of horse trading that goes on in congress, it’s the way they get things passed.
After 30 years or so of CONs being in power — from Reagan through Gingrich to DeLay to Shrub — the chickens have come home to roost.
The CONs have been, overall, consistently, dependably, disastrously WRONG on every issue! Clinton raised taxes on the rich and the economy boomed. Shrub cut taxes for the uber-riche and the economy tanks. Reagan trebles the National Debt, George HWW Bush doubles Reagan’s debt, and George WMD Bush triples his daddy’s debt… and that’s “conservative?!” The only let-up along the way was Clinton’s balanced budgets… and prosperity and peace.
The CONs are desperately trying to turn this election back to a past they think they can manipulate. “Give us John Sidney McCain the Third (for Shrub’s 3rd term) because he’s so old he can’t get it up for an Oval Office blow-job!”
Right now, this year’s October Surprise is likely to be “McBush can get a hard-on!”
And the Republic Party will probably ride that issue with George Herbert Walker Bush’s most meaningful political promise: I’ll put my manhood up against his any time!”
Forty years of CONservative policies have given us what we face today.
The Republic Party solution?
“Four More Years!!”
I’d like to see this question answered: How much domestic content would be in each product? Remember, Boeing is out-sourcing to chine while EADS/Airbus is out-sourcing to Alabama USA.
If Roberts hadn’t removed Buy America provisions from contracts Boeing wouldn’t be in the mess its in now
good work!!