1.   American Chairman Robert Crandall was similarly grim about the talks in an appearance before the House aviation subcommittee, where he testified about the federal airline ticket tax.

2.   Airline ticket taxes and apparel costs will drive the rise, he said.

3.   Clinton will also propose extending the airline ticket tax.

4.   Congress said the ticket tax could be used only for projects related to airports themselves.

5.   Clinton will propose extending the airline ticket tax.

6.   Congress has passed the legislation reinstating the ticket tax, which had existed for years, and Clinton is expected to sign it into law.

7.   Conversely, the airline ticket tax would be extended, and certain corporate loopholes would be closed.

8.   He had earlier in the day appeared at their rally at the Capitol to voice his support for their opposition to a proposed airline ticket tax.

9.   His original legislation has a much smaller increase in the international ticket tax.

10.   However, committee aides say that recent developments have intensified pressure on lawmakers to simply reinstate the ticket tax.