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EVENT TIMELINE

February 2002

O’Hare Timeline Events:

Rep. Jackson Questions Deal’s Commitment to Peotone

• Jesse Jackson, Jr. releases congressional research services report which contends that the Ryan and Daley deal does not mandate Peotone. (Chicago Tribune, 02/07/02)

Chicago Mayor and Illinois Governor Pitch Expansion on Capitol Hill

• Daley and Ryan go to D.C. to promote plan. Suburban O’Hare Commission releases competing plan. (Chicago Tribune, 02/14/02)

• A group of suburban mayors gather to show support for the Daley/Ryan plan. The mayors of Naperville, Bolingbrook, Vernon Hills, Lake Forest, Northlake are part of the group. (Chicago Tribune, 02/15/02)

Contributions:

• Airline industry lobby contributes:
• $4,500 to Sen. Durbin (D-IL)
• $1,000 Rep. Lipinski (D-IL), Ranking Member, House Aviation Subcommittee
• $2,500 Sen. Rockefeller (D-WV), chair of Senate Aviation Subcommittee

• Rep. Kirk (R-IL) receives $500 from General Dynamics PAC (See Lester Crown, Civic Committee leader)

Table FEB’02 Summary: Political contributions from Airline Executives, Lobbyists, Industry PACs and Civic Committee Members

MMYY	INDUSTRY PAC	LOBBYIST	Grand Total
Grand Total	$26,000	$1,750	$27,750

Table FEB’02 Detail: Political contributions from Airline Executives, Lobbyist, Industry PACs and Civic Committee Members

CONTRIBUTOR	TITLE	AFFILIATION	AFFILCAT	AMOUNT	DATE	RECIPIENT	Committee & Rank	CMBR	PARTY	STATE
General Dynamics PAC	NA	NA	INDUSTRY PAC	$ 1,500	02/05/02	Durbin	Not a member of Commerce Cmte	Senate	D	IL
General Dynamics PAC	NA	NA	INDUSTRY PAC	$ 500	02/05/02	Durbin	Not a member of Commerce Cmte	Senate	D	IL
United Airlines PAC	NA	NA	INDUSTRY PAC	$ 1,000	02/05/02	Hayes	Aviation Subcmte	House	R	NC
American Airlines PAC	NA	NA	INDUSTRY PAC	$ 1,000	02/06/02	Brown	Aviation Subcmte	House	D	FL
American Airlines PAC	NA	NA	INDUSTRY PAC	$ 1,000	02/06/02	Sandlin	Aviation Subcmte	House	D	TX
Airline Pilots Association PAC	NA	NA	INDUSTRY PAC	$ 1,000	02/07/02	Brown	Aviation Subcmte	House	D	FL
Airline Pilots Association PAC	NA	NA	INDUSTRY PAC	$ 2,500	02/07/02	Rockefeller	Chair, Aviation Subcmte	Senate	D	WV
General Dynamics PAC	NA	NA	INDUSTRY PAC	$ 500	02/11/02	Kirk	Aviation Subcmte	House	R	IL
General Dynamics PAC	NA	NA	INDUSTRY PAC	$ 500	02/11/02	Lipinski	Ranking Member, Aviation Subcmte	House	D	IL
General Dynamics PAC	NA	NA	INDUSTRY PAC	$ 1,000	02/11/02	Tauscher	Aviation Subcmte	House	D	CA
American Association of Airport Executitves PAC	NA	NA	INDUSTRY PAC	$ 500	02/12/02	Shuster	Transportation Cmte	House	R	PA
Daley, Patricia	Lobbyist	Daley Policy Group	LOBBYIST	$ 750	02/19/02	Hastert	Speaker of the House	House	R	IL
Alaska Air Group Inc. PAC	NA	NA	INDUSTRY PAC	$ 500	02/20/02	Cleland	Aviation Subcmte	Senate	D	GA
Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association PAC	NA	NA	INDUSTRY PAC	$ 2,000	02/21/02	Hollings	Chair, Commerce Cmte	Senate	D	SC
Alvarez, Cesar	Attorney	Greenberg, Traurig	LOBBYIST	$ 1,000	02/22/02	Nelson	Aviation Subcmte	Senate	D	FL
Alaska Air Group Inc. PAC	NA	NA	INDUSTRY PAC	$ 500	02/25/02	Durbin	Not a member of Commerce Cmte	Senate	D	IL
Alaska Air Group Inc. PAC	NA	NA	INDUSTRY PAC	$ 500	02/25/02	Honda	Aviation Subcmte	House	D	CA
Delta Airlines Inc. PAC	NA	NA	INDUSTRY PAC	$ 2,000	02/26/02	Cleland	Aviation Subcmte	Senate	D	GA
Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association PAC	NA	NA	INDUSTRY PAC	$ 1,000	02/26/02	Cleland	Aviation Subcmte	Senate	D	GA
Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association PAC	NA	NA	INDUSTRY PAC	$ 2,000	02/26/02	Durbin	Not a member of Commerce Cmte	Senate	D	IL
American Pilots' Association PAC	NA	NA	INDUSTRY PAC	$ 500	02/26/02	Menendez	Aviation Subcmte	House	D	NJ
General Dynamics PAC	NA	NA	INDUSTRY PAC	$ 500	02/27/02	Boswell	Aviation Subcmte	House	D	IA
American Airlines PAC	NA	NA	INDUSTRY PAC	$ 1,000	02/27/02	Honda	Aviation Subcmte	House	D	CA
American Airlines PAC	NA	NA	INDUSTRY PAC	$ 1,000	02/27/02	Lampson	Aviation Subcmte	House	D	TX
American Airlines PAC	NA	NA	INDUSTRY PAC	$ 500	02/27/02	Lipinski	Ranking Member, Aviation Subcmte	House	D	IL
Northwest Airlines PAC	NA	NA	INDUSTRY PAC	$ 500	02/28/02	Boswell	Aviation Subcmte	House	D	IA
Northwest Airlines PAC	NA	NA	INDUSTRY PAC	$ 1,000	02/28/02	Mica	Chair, Subcmte	House	R	FL
United Airlines PAC	NA	NA	INDUSTRY PAC	$ 500	02/28/02	Shuster	Transportation Cmte	House	R	PA
Northwest Airlines PAC	NA	NA	INDUSTRY PAC	$ 1,000	02/28/02	Young	Chair, Transportation Cmte	House	R	AK
			TOT FEB’02	$ 27,750