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EVENT TIMELINE
August 2001
O’Hare Timeline Events:
House Republicans, White House Desert Traditional Allegiance to Anti-Expansion/Build Peotone Forces
- Harkin and Grassley
introduce legislation in senate to remove Ryan’s veto power.
(Chicago Tribune 08/02/01)
- The House Republicans, under Hastert, announce that they will allow the Lipinski legislation to strip Ryan of his veto power to move ahead. Don Carty testifies in favor of the Lipinski legislation. (Chicago Tribune, 08/02/01)
- President Bush indicates that he would sign legislation to strip Ryan of his veto power. He also endorses the expansion of airports nationally. (Chicago Sun-Times, 08/05/01)
- The Tribune reports that the “O’Hare battle enters the spin cycle.” The piece outlines the different strategies that both opponents and supports of expansion are using to win public support for their position. “City officials estimate the cost of their campaign through Sept. 1 is up to $300,000. But the figure is conservative because it does not reflect the efforts of the city staffers, Grisko’s contract or the efforts of Kemper Lesnick Communications, under contract with the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce and the Midwest Aviation Coalition, and the Commercial Club of Chicago.” (Chicago Tribune, 08/14/01)
- United Airlines emails its frequent fliers in Illinois “to ask them to notify the governor that they support Daley’s plan.” The Suburban O’Hare Commission throws a party at a hearing and attracts 3,000 to 4,000 people. (Chicago Sun-Times, 08/22/01)
- Jasculca/Terman arranges for United Airlines employees to attend a public hearing on expansion in Bensenville. United e-mailed its employees urging them to attend the meeting. Transportation and food were supplied by United and Jascucla-Terman. (Chicago Tribune, 08/24/01)
- “Mayor Daley’s public relations machine Tuesday turned out representatives of the Chicago Cubs, Brookfield Zoo, Lyric Opera, Steppenwolf Theater and others to tout the city’s controversial plan for new runways.” (Chicago Sun-Times, 08/01/01)
- Gov. Ryan (R-IL) announces that he will not seek re-election and begins a series of town hall meetings to “gauge public sentiment about O’Hare and Daley’s plan.” Illinois Department of Transportation Secretary Kirk Brown advises Ryan to drop the plans for a southern runway because of the “human and financial cost.” Ryan says he will miss the 09/01/01 deadline set by congress for his counter proposal. Ryan indicates “circumstances have changed at O’Hare.”
Contributions:
- Speaker Hastert (R-IL)
receives $5,000 from United Airlines lobby.
- Sen. Durbin (D-IL)
receives $4,000 from airline industry lobby and $1,000 from
partner of United Airlines law firm Altheimer & Gray.
- Sen. Harkin (D-IA)
receives $6,000 from members of the Civic Committee all on the same day.
- Sen. Rockefeller (D-WV) receives $1,000 from airline industry lobby.
- An attorney for Sidley & Austin, a Civic Committee member, gives $500 to the Democratic Party of Illinois.
Table: Summary of August 2001 Political Contributions from Airline Executives, Airline Industry Lobbyists and Civic Committee Members
|
|
CIVIC CMTE |
INDUSTRY PAC |
LAW FIRM |
Grand Total |
|
Grand
Total |
$16,000 |
$26,750 |
$2,250 |
$45,000 |
Table:
Summary of August 2001 Political Contributions from Airline Executives, Airline
Industry Lobbyists and Civic Committee Members
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CONTRIBUTOR |
TITLE |
AFFILIATION |
AFFILCAT |
AMOUNT |
DATE |
RECIPIENT |
Committee & Rank |
CMBR |
PARTY |
STATE |
|
Aircraft
Owners & Pilots Association PAC |
NA |
NA |
INDUSTRY
PAC |
$ 1,000 |
08/02/01 |
Fitzgerald |
Aviation
Subcmte |
Senate |
R |
IL |
|
Southwest
Airlines Co. Freedom Fund |
NA |
NA |
INDUSTRY
PAC |
$ 1,000 |
08/02/01 |
Mica |
Chair,
Subcmte |
House |
R |
FL |
|
United
Airlines PAC |
NA |
NA |
INDUSTRY
PAC |
$ 5,000 |
08/06/01 |
Hastert |
Speaker
of the House |
House |
R |
IL |
|
United
Airlines PAC |
NA |
NA |
INDUSTRY
PAC |
$ 1,000 |
08/06/01 |
LoBiondo |
Aviation
Subcmte |
House |
R |
NJ |
|
United
Airlines PAC |
NA |
NA |
INDUSTRY
PAC |
$ 1,000 |
08/06/01 |
Mica |
Chair,
Subcmte |
House |
R |
FL |
|
Delta
Airlines Inc. PAC |
NA |
NA |
INDUSTRY
PAC |
$ 2,000 |
08/06/01 |
Mica |
Chair,
Subcmte |
House |
R |
FL |
|
Aircraft
Owners & Pilots Association PAC |
NA |
NA |
INDUSTRY
PAC |
$ 2,000 |
08/07/01 |
Hollings |
Chair,
Commerce Cmte |
Senate |
D |
SC |
|
America
West Airlines Inc. Federal PAC |
NA |
NA |
INDUSTRY
PAC |
$ 1,000 |
08/07/01 |
Mica |
Chair,
Subcmte |
House |
R |
FL |
|
Hall,
William N. |
NA |
Winston
& Strawn |
LAW FIRM |
$
750 |
08/09/01 |
RNC |
Na |
NA |
R |
NA |
|
Airline
Pilots Association PAC |
NA |
NA |
INDUSTRY
PAC |
$ 1,000 |
08/15/01 |
Berkley |
Aviation
Subcmte |
House |
D |
NV |
|
General
Dynamics PAC |
NA |
NA |
INDUSTRY
PAC |
$ 1,000 |
08/17/01 |
Rehberg |
Aviation
Subcmte |
House |
R |
MT |
|
Furda,
Gregory |
NA |
Sidley
& Austin |
LAW FIRM |
$
500 |
08/20/01 |
Democratic
Party of Illinos |
Na |
NA |
D |
NA |
|
Southwest
Airlines PAC |
NA |
NA |
INDUSTRY
PAC |
$ 1,000 |
08/21/01 |
Durbin |
Not a
member of Commerce Cmte |
Senate |
D |
IL |
|
Airline
Pilots Association PAC |
NA |
NA |
INDUSTRY
PAC |
$ 3,000 |
08/23/01 |
Durbin |
Not a
member of Commerce Cmte |
Senate |
D |
IL |
|
Airline
Pilots Association PAC |
NA |
NA |
INDUSTRY
PAC |
$ 1,000 |
08/23/01 |
Hollings |
Chair,
Commerce Cmte |
Senate |
D |
SC |
|
Airline
Pilots Association PAC |
NA |
NA |
INDUSTRY
PAC |
$ 2,500 |
08/23/01 |
LoBiondo |
Aviation
Subcmte |
House |
R |
NJ |
|
General
Dynamics PAC |
NA |
NA |
INDUSTRY
PAC |
$
500 |
08/23/01 |
Sandlin |
Aviation
Subcmte |
House |
D |
TX |
|
United
Pilots PAC |
NA |
NA |
INDUSTRY
PAC |
$ 1,000 |
08/27/01 |
Costello |
Aviation
Subcmte |
House |
D |
IL |
|
Air
Transportation Association of America PAC |
NA |
NA |
INDUSTRY
PAC |
$ 1,000 |
08/27/01 |
Rockefeller |
Chair,
Aviation Subcmte |
Senate |
D |
WV |
|
General
Dynamics PAC |
NA |
NA |
INDUSTRY
PAC |
$
500 |
08/29/01 |
Petri |
Aviation
Subcmte |
House |
R |
WI |
|
Dimon,
James |
Chairman
& CEO |
Bank One
Corp |
CIVIC
CMTE |
$10,000 |
08/31/01 |
Democratic
Congr. Campaign Committee |
Na |
NA |
D |
NA |
|
Gold,
Norman |
Partner |
Altheimer
&Gray |
LAW FIRM |
$ 1,000 |
08/31/01 |
Durbin |
Not a
member of Commerce Cmte |
Senate |
D |
IL |
|
Freidheim,
Cyrus F. |
Vice
Chairman |
Booz,
Allen & Hamilton |
CIVIC
CMTE |
$ 1,000 |
08/31/01 |
Harkin |
Not
member of Commerce Cmte |
Senate |
D |
IA |
|
Helman,
Robert A. |
Senior
Partner |
Mayer
Brown & Platt |
CIVIC
CMTE |
$ 1,000 |
08/31/01 |
Harkin |
Not
member of Commerce Cmte |
Senate |
D |
IA |
|
Pritzker,
Thomas J. |
Partner |
Pritzker
& Pritzker |
CIVIC
CMTE |
$ 1,000 |
08/31/01 |
Harkin |
Not
member of Commerce Cmte |
Senate |
D |
IA |
|
Pritzker,
Thomas J. |
Partner |
Pritzker
& Pritzker |
CIVIC
CMTE |
$ 1,000 |
08/31/01 |
Harkin |
Not
member of Commerce Cmte |
Senate |
D |
IA |
|
Morrison,
Robert S. |
Chairman |
Quaker
Oats |
CIVIC
CMTE |
$ 1,000 |
08/31/01 |
Harkin |
Not
member of Commerce Cmte |
Senate |
D |
IA |
|
Skinner,
Samuel |
CEO |
US
Freightways |
CIVIC
CMTE |
$ 1,000 |
08/31/01 |
Harkin |
Not
member of Commerce Cmte |
Senate |
D |
IA |
|
American
Trans Air Inc PAC |
NA |
NA |
INDUSTRY
PAC |
$
250 |
08/31/01 |
Oberstar |
Ranking
Member, Transportation Cmte |
House |
D |
MN |
|
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|
TOT AUG
'01 |
$45,000 |
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