I fired off a couple emails tonight, including a scathing one to the moron Lipinksi himself, and yes - I outright accused him of accepting campaign 'bribes' in exchange for this legislation as a tool to boost checked bag fee revenue, the cost of which United just conveniently increased.

I would like to find evidence that he accepted contributions from either United or another major air carrier during the past 1-2 years - and then I would like to petition the House Ethics Committee to review the connection between these contributions and legislation designed to enrich the contributor at the expense of the public to see if any laws were violated.