Lawmakers Rack Up $50 Million Tab For 23,000 Privately Funded Trips...
Center for Public Integrity Jim Morris June 5, 2006 at 12:09 PM
Over a 5½-year period ending in 2005, members of Congress and their aides took at least 23,000 trips -- valued at almost $50 million -- financed by private sponsors, many of them corporations, trade associations and nonprofit groups with business on Capitol Hill.
Who are the top travelers?
While some of these trips might qualify as legitimate fact-finding missions, the purpose of others is less clear.
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Over a 5½-year period ending in 2005, members of Congress and their aides took at least 23,000 trips -- valued at almost $50 million -- financed by private sponsors, many of them corporations, trade associations and nonprofit groups with business on Capitol Hill.
Who are the top travelers?
While some of these trips might qualify as legitimate fact-finding missions, the purpose of others is less clear.
READ WHOLE STORY
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