Jeff Merkley Announces Plan to Reverse Bad Tanker Deal
March 17, 2008
March 17, 2008
PORTLAND, Ore., March 17 -- The campaign of Jeff Merkley, the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in Oregon, issued the following news release:
Joined by a leader of the union representing Boeing workers in Oregon, House Speaker Jeff Merkley today announced a plan to reverse a U.S. Air Force tanker deal worth nearly $40 billion. The deal, which went to a European plane maker that worked closely with allies of Senator John McCain, was widely expected to go to Boeing and could ha . . .
Joined by a leader of the union representing Boeing workers in Oregon, House Speaker Jeff Merkley today announced a plan to reverse a U.S. Air Force tanker deal worth nearly $40 billion. The deal, which went to a European plane maker that worked closely with allies of Senator John McCain, was widely expected to go to Boeing and could ha . . .