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Defend America on Thursday, July 02, 2009 11:03:59 AM
Congress's Travel Tab Swells
Spending on Taxpayer-Funded Trips Rises Tenfold; From Italy to the Galápagos
By
BRODY MULLINS and
T.W. FARNAM
WASHINGTON
-- Spending by lawmakers on taxpayer-financed trips abroad has risen
sharply in recent years, a Wall Street Journal analysis of travel
records shows, involving everything from war-zone visits to trips to
exotic spots such as the Galápagos Islands.
The spending on overseas travel is up almost tenfold since 1995, and
has nearly tripled since 2001, according to the Journal analysis of
60,000 travel records. Hundreds of lawmakers traveled overseas in 2008
at a cost of about $13 million. That's a 50% jump since Democrats took
control of Congress two years ago.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124650399438184235.html