It faces massive competition from entrenched airlines, is loathed by a good chunk of one of the main American political parties, is subsidised by taxpayers, and has never made a profit.

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Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican who has been one of the primary foes of campaign finance reform, called the Ney-Wynn bill "a step in the right direction" and said the Shays-Meehan legislation was "fundamentally un-American" because it would limit what outside groups and political parties could say close to elections.

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