A new, and actually bipartisan, bill would force congress persons to fly coach, because that is what our military people are forced to do...Of course, as much as this appeals to my old Union Steward spirit, it will never happen. Congress persons sitting among working class Americans, students, soldiers, retired people? Where would that possibly lead!
http://abc7chicago.com/...
FWIW, congress persons get a very large stipend for travel expenses, in addition to their bloated and automatically increased salaries*, perks and benefits.
* in order to avoid voter anger at members voting to increase their own pay, Congress passed an automatic annual "cost of living increase", which spares them the embarrassment of being seen stuffing their fat faces at the public trough...in public.
I bet they had no trouble passing THAT...