After years of pressure, the Department of Transportation announced it would require airlines to automatically refund flyers the cost of canceled or significantly delayed flights. Days later, a bipartisan group of senators — who also happen to be some of the largest recipients of campaign cash from the airline industry — unveiled new legislation that could undermine that rule.
In this episode of Lever Time, Lever reporter Katya Schwenk unpacks how a small line in a massive bill could quietly kill a consumer protection rule that was years in the making.
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Ron DeSantis' Worst Nightmare (w/ Charlie Crist)
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“Let Them Eat Student Debt” (w/ Astra Taylor & Marshall Steinbaum)
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The Man Who Bought The Supreme Court
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Trailer: Lever Time with David Sirota
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