I’m sure they’re whining about this one…..and don’t we feel oh so sorry for them. Let me go get my violin.

The cost of running for the presidency is about to get a lot more expensive.

An ethics bill that won final approval in Congress on Thursday requires senators, Senate candidates and those seeking the presidency to pay full charter rates for trips in private planes. For House members seeking the presidency, the new rules are more restrictive: They are banned from flying on private jets.

Until now, candidates had to pay the equivalent of a first-class ticket for such travel - a fraction of the real expense. For example, a round-trip on a midsize charter jet between Washington and Des Moines could cost as much as $41,100. The first-class fare: about $1,500.

Meredith McGehee, of the non-partisan watchdog group Campaign Legal Center, said the discounted travel amounted to a “corporate subsidy to candidates and their campaigns” and opened the door to influence peddling.

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