The basic idea that the Chairman of the House Transportation (R-Penn.) and Infrastructure Committee is in a romantic relationship with a top lobbyist for an airline trade association pushing a revamp of the Federal Aviation Administration would be eyebrow-raising enough.
That there's apparently no formal ethical rule about "sleeping with the regulatory enemy" would raise the eyebrows a few more inches.
Reading about the further entanglements between Rep. Bill Shuster and the Airlines for America group is likely to cause a horrific tear in the scalp as the eyebrows try to crest over the top of the skull.
One of "your" Representatives, ladies and gentlemen.
Bill Shuster admits ‘private and personal relationship’ with airline lobbyist
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster is dating a top lobbyist for the leading U.S. airline trade association, an organization that spends millions of dollars trying to influence his panel.The Pennsylvania Republican is currently at the center of high-stakes negotiations to enact the most sweeping overhaul of the Federal…
We could "Mad Libs" ourselves a joke about the airline industry, the consumer, and improper congress from this article.
There's also a joke with a punning punchline in Latin.
The law that might need to be created could bear the name of the man who failed to see an ethical question.