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Editorial: Big government spawns congressional junkets
The Washington DC Examiner Newspaper, The Examiner Jun 6, 2006 2:00 AM (1300 days ago)WASHINGTON Kudos to the Center for Public Integrity, American Public Media and the Medill News Service for spending the past nine months poring over thousands of congressional disclosure forms for at least 23,000 trips taken by members of Congress between January 2000 and June 2005. All of the trips — valued at more than $50 million total — were paid for by private entities, including corporations, nonprofit advocacy groups and trade associations. The pay-off for those financing the trips is quality — i.e. private — time to “educate” a member or key staff or committee aide.
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