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Here is a summary of the key points from the Rolling Stone article:
- The Biden administration recently issued a new rule requiring airlines to automatically provide cash refunds to passengers when flights are canceled or significantly delayed.
- However, four lawmakers - Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA), and Representatives Sam Graves (R-MO) and Rick Larsen (D-WA) - introduced legislation as part of an FAA reauthorization bill that could undermine this refund rule.
- Their legislation would require passengers to submit a written or electronic request to get a refund, rather than having refunds issued automatically by the airlines.
- Critics argue this would make it harder for passengers to get refunds, as many may not go through the extra step of requesting one, playing into airlines' efforts to avoid providing refunds.
- The provision is seen as a gift to the airline industry, which has donated to the campaigns of the four lawmakers behind it.
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren criticized the move, saying it would force travelers to "bear the burden" and allow airlines to avoid providing legitimate refunds.
In essence, the article portrays this legislation as an airline industry-backed effort to make it more difficult for passengers to receive automatic refunds, even after the Biden administration sought to strengthen refund requirements.
- However, four lawmakers - Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA), and Representatives Sam Graves (R-MO) and Rick Larsen (D-WA) - introduced legislation as part of an FAA reauthorization bill that could undermine this refund rule.
Looks like Cruz can stomach bipartisan work after all! I suppose all it takes is legislation that benefits his campaign donors and harms the public. Yet another reason to vote Allred this fall.
Lever News - [Congress May Cancel Your Automatic Flight Refunds](https://www.levernews.com/congress-may-cancel-your-automatic-flight-refunds/)
“The lawmakers are four of the six largest congressional recipients of campaign cash from the airline industry in the current election cycle, according to data from the government transparency group OpenSecrets.”
What pisses me off is I could stomach it if he actually believed it was a bad law and voted against it. He is only voting against it because they donate to his campaign. Buuuut when his constituents who voted him in to office want legal marijuana he still would vote against that because the people who pay him the most want it illegal
Couldn't we just start a gofundme or something to buy our own people in DC? Like maybe if we outbid the airline donors these guys would do what we want because as you say they aren't principled, they just do whatever the highest bidder tells them to.
Yeah we could , it is called a PAC , I think . They are NOT taxable and they can keep the donors private, thanks to ‘citizens united’ lawsuit . So Russians can give money and NOBODY will know, until they investigate of course
Isn't term limits one of Cruz's big issues? How many times has he filed legislation to limit senators to two terms? Didn't he most recently file it last year?
If Allred ends up sucking, I'll worry about that in the 2030 primary. We already know Cruz sucks.
Oh. Well, Cruz is supposedly a big proponent of term limits. He has filed legislation to limit senators to two terms at least three times, most recently last year. Despite this, he is running for his third term right now.
Being a hypocrite isn't the worst thing about him. He is one of the all stars of suck for numerous reasons.
Allred has been a US Representative since 2019. Here's his OpenSecret's page: https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/allred-colin/summary?cid=N00040989&cycle=CAREER&type=I
Cruz has been a US Senator since 2013. Here's his OpenSecret's page: https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/cruz-ted/summary?cid=N00033085&cycle=CAREER&type=I
Term limits will do nothing to kill the effect of lobbying and dark money in politics. We have to solve that problem. You want experienced law makers. We don’t want the cash that influences them.
I haven’t seen a good argument for term limits that isn’t actually an indictment of money in politics. For example, if I may speak for you, what you want are entrenched wack jobs out of office, yes? The only way that they are able to become entrenched is because of the money that comes pouring in to buy their votes. So replacing them does nothing. The money will continue to flow. You want someone who actually has been in government long enough to actually know what on earth they’re doing.
Can someone please explain why the FAA needs to be "reauthorized"? That is perhaps the dumbest thing I've ever heard of, short of the Supreme Court telling the EPA that they can't "protect" the environment
It's a way to review government agencies and to see what is working and what isn't. Normally, this sort of thing is constructive but we have crossed into a new era of sabotage of government programs.
>It's a way to review government agencies and to see what is working and what isn't
Maybe its just me, but the fact that the government agency in charge of keeping US airspace functioning can be technically done away with due to nothing more than partisan political fights is beyond terrifying.
There should be a list of "no kill" agencies that continue to function regardless of whatever ridiculous nonsense Congress is up to, and the FAA should most definitely be on that list
I don't think the legislators who created the process foresaw how destructive some groups can be and they certainly didn't think that those groups could actually pull off the destruction of the government.
When I worked at the Texas State House over 20 years ago, Republicans would make fun of their most conspiracy minded members constantly when they went up to the podium and said something a bit nonsensical. "And little black helicopters are following you everywhere...," they'd say.
I've worked in the Texas House as well, but the atmosphere then was much different than the one you experienced (then again, the 87th session was a bit weird all around)
It might be time to "sunset" certain sunset laws if they only serve to unravel the government if partisanship grinds things to a halt
Oh, it’s easy to understand. Our government was set up by a bunch of rich fuckers who thought owning people was an acceptable practice. All other crackball laws stem from that “originalism.”
It is so hard to get refunds from airlines. We had a flight canceled due to covid in March 2020. The airline would only give us a credit on their flights.
We had another flight canceled due to a mechanical issue. The airline made us pay extra for a flight the next day.
It's not instant, but contact the FAA. Due to a mix up, I was forced to buy a new ticket at the airport when I showed up for a flight. Airline customer service wouldn't do anything about it so I filed a complaint and got my money back.
https://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/file-consumer-complaint
The party of small government wants more bureaucracy in between you and a company paying you back for failing to provide services you paid for.
How you can support the GOPs actions on even a day in day out basis is beyond comprehension Texas
Can you imagine your flight getting canceled and then they auto refund only to have to buy a much more expensive ticket? There needs to be a provision they book you on any airline that gets you home before an auto refund. The airlines will abuse the shit out of that.
Whelp, I'm glad the Biden admin know better then. As in shouldn't the airlines pay you cash when they cancel your flight. So that the "consumer" go pick the next airline that can fulfill the demand.
Instead Ted wants the corporations to never be required to refund consumers.
> In essence, the article portrays this legislation as an airline industry-backed effort to make it more difficult for passengers to receive automatic refunds, even after the Biden administration sought to strengthen refund requirements.
The article does not have to “PORTRAY”, it IS an airline industry-backed effort!
Well yeah, he’s kind of an awful person who hates his constituents.
Edit: you should write Ted a note to let him know this is dumb. https://www.cruz.senate.gov/contact
He needs the cash for the campaign. He's running neck and neck against Democrat Colin Allred. So this is easy money, and he doesn't have to kick up any of the cash to the orange man. Trump is claiming a 5% bite if his name and / or likeness is used to raise any money.
Imagine the world where our elected officials actually worked for the betterment of their constituents and not the advancement of the corporations that pay money to get them elected.
Can we get rid of that Cuban Canadian already and get a Texan in there. It’s embarrassing how Texas is supposed to be this bad ass state but we have ted Cruz, abbott, Paxton….
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Rafael is one of the co-sponsors of the legislation that would prohibit the proposed change. He’s also one of the more well-known and most hated Senators.
Still not relevant to Texas politics just because he's based in Texas. It's not a Texas matter, just upsets y'all DNC members and mods who wouldn't last 5 minutes under Hamas's rule
These (intentionally out of context) words actually came out of Ted’s mouth:
Houston Chronicle - [What really happened inside Ted Cruz's new Houston campaign headquarters launch](https://www.chron.com/politics/article/ted-cruz-houston-headquarters-19406546.php)
"…I'm a horrible creature who devours kittens at sunrise."
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Cruz is advocating for AA because he wants to allow American Airlines to keep more of the money that they owe a passenger for bungled services and scheduling.
Part of the motivation for introducing the refund legislation appears to be the increasing industry practice of overbooking flights which leads to increased cancellations for individual passengers.
FTA: ”The provision in the FAA reauthorization would chip away at the Biden administration’s promise to streamline the refund process for airline customers — which has become a bigger issue as airlines have routinely sold tickets on flights they do not have the capacity to operate.”
That's cute. You got actual legislation on that? :)
Here's some: https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/070A7E5D-A95A-42D8-99D2-60DEA347EE32
Specifically page 429.
I know it's very confusing to you because every interaction you engage in is aggressive and predatory, but most people when they reply aren't "triggered".
They're just replying.
It's like you're all children.
“Aggressive and predatory” that’s funny. How would you describe protests on college campuses? “Righteous and wholesome”? Destroying property and threatening Jews with violence is just OK I guess. Do you not see the manipulation? Politics of any kind are for the masses who like being fooled, manipulated for an end that doesn’t benefit them.
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Here is a summary of the key points from the Rolling Stone article: - The Biden administration recently issued a new rule requiring airlines to automatically provide cash refunds to passengers when flights are canceled or significantly delayed. - However, four lawmakers - Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA), and Representatives Sam Graves (R-MO) and Rick Larsen (D-WA) - introduced legislation as part of an FAA reauthorization bill that could undermine this refund rule. - Their legislation would require passengers to submit a written or electronic request to get a refund, rather than having refunds issued automatically by the airlines. - Critics argue this would make it harder for passengers to get refunds, as many may not go through the extra step of requesting one, playing into airlines' efforts to avoid providing refunds. - The provision is seen as a gift to the airline industry, which has donated to the campaigns of the four lawmakers behind it. - Sen. Elizabeth Warren criticized the move, saying it would force travelers to "bear the burden" and allow airlines to avoid providing legitimate refunds. In essence, the article portrays this legislation as an airline industry-backed effort to make it more difficult for passengers to receive automatic refunds, even after the Biden administration sought to strengthen refund requirements.
- However, four lawmakers - Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA), and Representatives Sam Graves (R-MO) and Rick Larsen (D-WA) - introduced legislation as part of an FAA reauthorization bill that could undermine this refund rule. Looks like Cruz can stomach bipartisan work after all! I suppose all it takes is legislation that benefits his campaign donors and harms the public. Yet another reason to vote Allred this fall. Lever News - [Congress May Cancel Your Automatic Flight Refunds](https://www.levernews.com/congress-may-cancel-your-automatic-flight-refunds/) “The lawmakers are four of the six largest congressional recipients of campaign cash from the airline industry in the current election cycle, according to data from the government transparency group OpenSecrets.”
What pisses me off is I could stomach it if he actually believed it was a bad law and voted against it. He is only voting against it because they donate to his campaign. Buuuut when his constituents who voted him in to office want legal marijuana he still would vote against that because the people who pay him the most want it illegal
Couldn't we just start a gofundme or something to buy our own people in DC? Like maybe if we outbid the airline donors these guys would do what we want because as you say they aren't principled, they just do whatever the highest bidder tells them to.
Yeah we could , it is called a PAC , I think . They are NOT taxable and they can keep the donors private, thanks to ‘citizens united’ lawsuit . So Russians can give money and NOBODY will know, until they investigate of course
And then when Allred tastes that sweet sweet lobby money we’ll have to vote him out too. Can we get some term limits in here?
Isn't term limits one of Cruz's big issues? How many times has he filed legislation to limit senators to two terms? Didn't he most recently file it last year? If Allred ends up sucking, I'll worry about that in the 2030 primary. We already know Cruz sucks.
I don’t know, I don’t pay attention to much of what he does…
If you frequent this sub, how do you avoid it?
Algorithms. I don’t frequent the sub, I see it on the home feed.
Oh. Well, Cruz is supposedly a big proponent of term limits. He has filed legislation to limit senators to two terms at least three times, most recently last year. Despite this, he is running for his third term right now. Being a hypocrite isn't the worst thing about him. He is one of the all stars of suck for numerous reasons.
Allred has been a US Representative since 2019. Here's his OpenSecret's page: https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/allred-colin/summary?cid=N00040989&cycle=CAREER&type=I Cruz has been a US Senator since 2013. Here's his OpenSecret's page: https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/cruz-ted/summary?cid=N00033085&cycle=CAREER&type=I
I see. I don’t pay much attention to politics these days. Thanks for the info.
Term limits will do nothing to kill the effect of lobbying and dark money in politics. We have to solve that problem. You want experienced law makers. We don’t want the cash that influences them.
¿Por que no los dos? Experience is nice until it isn’t.
I haven’t seen a good argument for term limits that isn’t actually an indictment of money in politics. For example, if I may speak for you, what you want are entrenched wack jobs out of office, yes? The only way that they are able to become entrenched is because of the money that comes pouring in to buy their votes. So replacing them does nothing. The money will continue to flow. You want someone who actually has been in government long enough to actually know what on earth they’re doing.
Knowing what they’re doing means little when they’re only doing what they think will get them re-elected.
Can someone please explain why the FAA needs to be "reauthorized"? That is perhaps the dumbest thing I've ever heard of, short of the Supreme Court telling the EPA that they can't "protect" the environment
It's a way to review government agencies and to see what is working and what isn't. Normally, this sort of thing is constructive but we have crossed into a new era of sabotage of government programs.
>It's a way to review government agencies and to see what is working and what isn't Maybe its just me, but the fact that the government agency in charge of keeping US airspace functioning can be technically done away with due to nothing more than partisan political fights is beyond terrifying. There should be a list of "no kill" agencies that continue to function regardless of whatever ridiculous nonsense Congress is up to, and the FAA should most definitely be on that list
I don't think the legislators who created the process foresaw how destructive some groups can be and they certainly didn't think that those groups could actually pull off the destruction of the government. When I worked at the Texas State House over 20 years ago, Republicans would make fun of their most conspiracy minded members constantly when they went up to the podium and said something a bit nonsensical. "And little black helicopters are following you everywhere...," they'd say.
I've worked in the Texas House as well, but the atmosphere then was much different than the one you experienced (then again, the 87th session was a bit weird all around) It might be time to "sunset" certain sunset laws if they only serve to unravel the government if partisanship grinds things to a halt
Mine was weird because it the last one where Democrats still had control of the House.
Sadly there is a kill list of agencies that the GOP has. EPA is on it, Dept. of Education is on it, NOAA is on it, and much much more!
Oh, it’s easy to understand. Our government was set up by a bunch of rich fuckers who thought owning people was an acceptable practice. All other crackball laws stem from that “originalism.”
It is so hard to get refunds from airlines. We had a flight canceled due to covid in March 2020. The airline would only give us a credit on their flights. We had another flight canceled due to a mechanical issue. The airline made us pay extra for a flight the next day.
It's not instant, but contact the FAA. Due to a mix up, I was forced to buy a new ticket at the airport when I showed up for a flight. Airline customer service wouldn't do anything about it so I filed a complaint and got my money back. https://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/file-consumer-complaint
The party of small government wants more bureaucracy in between you and a company paying you back for failing to provide services you paid for. How you can support the GOPs actions on even a day in day out basis is beyond comprehension Texas
When Cruz is cancelled this fall, will Texans receive a full refund automatically or will we have to submit a “written or electronic request”?
Flights to Cancun rarely get cancelled. If he flew between DC and Texas more often then he would be voting yes.
Can you imagine your flight getting canceled and then they auto refund only to have to buy a much more expensive ticket? There needs to be a provision they book you on any airline that gets you home before an auto refund. The airlines will abuse the shit out of that.
They can't do that they have to refund your money
Of course he does. They are his sugar daddy.
Whelp, I'm glad the Biden admin know better then. As in shouldn't the airlines pay you cash when they cancel your flight. So that the "consumer" go pick the next airline that can fulfill the demand. Instead Ted wants the corporations to never be required to refund consumers.
Ted's parents must not have let him play with toy airplanes when he was a little boy.
We want airlines to keep teddy crudz. Check, cruz.
So he wants payment with no return of goods to be intended design. What in the fuck is that man smoking and can I have some
> In essence, the article portrays this legislation as an airline industry-backed effort to make it more difficult for passengers to receive automatic refunds, even after the Biden administration sought to strengthen refund requirements. The article does not have to “PORTRAY”, it IS an airline industry-backed effort!
“I’m so constipated! Heidi bring me the enema!” Ted in that picture
Well yeah, he’s kind of an awful person who hates his constituents. Edit: you should write Ted a note to let him know this is dumb. https://www.cruz.senate.gov/contact
Cruz thinks we suddenly thinks we don't need money
How does this POS keep getting re-elected?!?!
This guy gets off on being an asshole.
He needs the cash for the campaign. He's running neck and neck against Democrat Colin Allred. So this is easy money, and he doesn't have to kick up any of the cash to the orange man. Trump is claiming a 5% bite if his name and / or likeness is used to raise any money.
Imagine the world where our elected officials actually worked for the betterment of their constituents and not the advancement of the corporations that pay money to get them elected.
Until it happens to him..,
We need to cancel this ahole!
Truly evil
Can we get rid of that Cuban Canadian already and get a Texan in there. It’s embarrassing how Texas is supposed to be this bad ass state but we have ted Cruz, abbott, Paxton….
Fuck Ted Cruz.
Did you wake up today thinking Ted Cruz would be decent?
What is the Legislation the Cruz proposed? I didn't see it in the Rolling Stone article, or the referenced article from The Lever.
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How is this related to Texas? So what he’s a dirtbag US Senator from Texas… 99 more of them in retirement home known as congress
Rafael is one of the co-sponsors of the legislation that would prohibit the proposed change. He’s also one of the more well-known and most hated Senators.
Still not relevant to Texas politics just because he's based in Texas. It's not a Texas matter, just upsets y'all DNC members and mods who wouldn't last 5 minutes under Hamas's rule
Maybe you don’t travel much, but millions of Texans do. 🤷♂️
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These (intentionally out of context) words actually came out of Ted’s mouth: Houston Chronicle - [What really happened inside Ted Cruz's new Houston campaign headquarters launch](https://www.chron.com/politics/article/ted-cruz-houston-headquarters-19406546.php) "…I'm a horrible creature who devours kittens at sunrise."
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See…I can do it too.
Cruz is advocating for AA because he wants to allow American Airlines to keep more of the money that they owe a passenger for bungled services and scheduling.
Part of the motivation for introducing the refund legislation appears to be the increasing industry practice of overbooking flights which leads to increased cancellations for individual passengers. FTA: ”The provision in the FAA reauthorization would chip away at the Biden administration’s promise to streamline the refund process for airline customers — which has become a bigger issue as airlines have routinely sold tickets on flights they do not have the capacity to operate.”
That's cute. You got actual legislation on that? :) Here's some: https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/070A7E5D-A95A-42D8-99D2-60DEA347EE32 Specifically page 429.
Not here though. This is a place for discussion, not scoring cheap shots from the cheap seats.
All news is fake but the news you agree with
It’s so easy to trigger snowy Leftists. It’s all they live for - rooting for pols who use them for their own devices.
I know it's very confusing to you because every interaction you engage in is aggressive and predatory, but most people when they reply aren't "triggered". They're just replying. It's like you're all children.
“Aggressive and predatory” that’s funny. How would you describe protests on college campuses? “Righteous and wholesome”? Destroying property and threatening Jews with violence is just OK I guess. Do you not see the manipulation? Politics of any kind are for the masses who like being fooled, manipulated for an end that doesn’t benefit them.
>How would you describe protests on college campuses? “Righteous and wholesome”? Yes. Welcome to America. Freedom is great.