Reactions and responses By The Center for Public Integrity June 12, 2006 As the House of Representatives prepares to vote Thursday on sweeping changes to its gift and travel rules, new data show that members of Congress and their aides are accepting privately funded trips at a precipitously declining rate. According to travel disclosure forms […]
Category: Power Trips
In the summer of 2005, the Center for Public Integrity, Northwestern University’s Medill News Service and American Public Media began examining disclosure documents for about 23,000 privately funded trips taken by members of Congress and staffers over a 5½-year period. While some of these trips no doubt were educational, others appeared to be thinly veiled attempts by special interests to influence lawmakers and their advisers.
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A gateway to Brazil
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A vacation from the rules
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Family trips
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Unregistered advocates?
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To Panama and Back
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Abramoff travel ties
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