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Hit & Run: Reason Morning Links: Police Chiefs Want No Part of Immigration Enforcement, California May Issue IOUs, Congress Tours the World on Taxpayer Dime
Gateway Pundit: As Nation Suffers-- Pelosi-Reid Congress Increase Travel Costs By 50% Since 2007
Think Progress: ThinkFast: July 2, 2009
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog: Carol Platt Liebau: Around the World -- On Your Dime
Reason Morning Links: Police Chiefs Want No Part of Immigration Enforcement, California May Issue IOUs, Congress Tours the World on Taxpayer Dime
Hit & Run —
• Big city police chiefs say illegal immigrants' fear of discovery hampers law enforcement, urge Congress to separate local law enforcement from immigration enforcement. • California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says state may have to issue IOUs unless legislature can overcome budget impasse. • Taxpayer-funded overseas trips for members of Congress have tripled since 2001, increased tenfold since 1995. • Study finds that ex-cons pose no greater risk of re-offending than the general population. • ACLU ...
As Nation Suffers-- Pelosi-Reid Congress Increase Travel Costs By 50% Since 2007
Gateway Pundit —
As Charlie Rangel demonstrates, spending all of your money and your children's money is exhausting work. Even Congress needs a little vay-cay every once in awhile. Remember--- This is not a Shared Sacrifice Recession. The Pelosi-Reid Congress is not only spending more of your money and giving themselves raises and bonuses they are also spending more on exotic excursions than ever before. The Wall Street Journal reported: Spending by lawmakers on taxpayer-financed trips abroad has risen sharply in recent years, a Wall ...
ThinkFast: July 2, 2009
Think Progress —
... “Spending by lawmakers on taxpayer-financed trips abroad has risen sharply in recent years,” according to a Wall Street Journal analysis, “involving everything from war-zone visits to trips to exotic spots such as the Galápagos Islands.” This travel spending “is up almost tenfold since 1995, and has nearly tripled since 2001.” ...
Carol Platt Liebau: Around the World -- On Your Dime
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
Spending on overseas travel for "congressional delegations" has risen 50% since Democrats took control of Congress two years ago . As the linked piece from The Wall Street Journal delicately notes, "taxpayer-funded travel is a big and growing perk for lawmakers and their families." No one should object to lawmakers traveling when there is a real, pressing need to do so. But perhaps they would more carefully evaluate how much "need" there is if they themselves were paying part of the cost? Let's hear no more complaints about "tax breaks" and "giveaways" for hard-working ...
The Early Word: More Lost Jobs
The Caucus —
... rather than a lengthy question-and-answer session with invited guests and online queries, according to The Times’s Jeff Zeleny. And even when questions about health care were posed, quite a few were from Democrat-affiliated members of the audience. Congressional Travel: The Wall Street Journal mines the expense reports of congressional trips, finding multifold increases over the years in the costs to taxpayers. For Cap and Trade: Speaking of jabs from the right, Senator James Inhofe, Republican of Oklahoma and a longtime foe of climate change legislation, ...
Democrat Congress Ramps Up Taxpayer-Funded Vacations
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... Here’s an interesting tidbit: before Republicans lost control of the Congress, they banned most lobbyist-funded travel. Since Democrats took control of Congress, taxpayer-funded travel has gone up dramatically: ...
Congress: What Fiscal Crisis?
Ace of Spades HQ —
Congress: What Fiscal Crisis? P1-AQ538_EXTRAV_NS_20090701192413.gif They've got places to go and...well, more places to go . 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 ...
Taxpayer Funded Travel Jumps…
Blogs For Victory —
... Back in the majority, Democrats have not only gone back to their globe-trotting ways, they are traveling at the taxpayers’ expense this time. ...
Congressional Spending Spree: Tax Dollars Send Congress To Galápagos Islands
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
The Wall Street Journal:
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% ...
The New Ruling Class
Daily Pundit —
Congress’s Travel Tab Swells - WSJ.com
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. ...
Belt-Tightening In Congress
Power Line —
... The times being what they are, one would think that Congressmen would make some effort to economize, if only to show symbolic support for constituents who are being laid off. But no: the Wall Street Journal reports that spending on taxpayer-funded, overseas Congressional travel continues to rise. Such travel spending is up almost tenfold since 1995. It has risen another 50% since the Democrats took control of Congress in 2007. This graphic tells the story: ...
Dem control of Congress spikes junket travel 50%
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... Democrats ran on the Culture of Corruption charge in 2006 and gained control of both chambers of Congress on the promise to clean up Capitol Hill. The Wall Street Journal finds instead that Democrats have used their power to spend taxpayer dollars on high-priced global travel. Taxpayer-funded Congressional delegation travel has increased by 50% since the Democrats took charge: 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 ...
Lavish Self-Indulgence: Dem Congress’s Travel Tab Soars To Decadent Highs Despite Telling Business To Cut Back
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
Spending on Taxpayer-Funded Trips Rises Tenfold
Wall Street Journal:
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 ...
Congress and Taxpayer Funded Trips
Wizbang —
Members of Congress just love to use the American taxpayers as their own personal ATM. They can go to the bank and money they never earned is magically there. Overseas trips by congressman and senators have gone way up the past few years, especially since the Democrats took over control of Congress in 2006. The Wall Street Journal explains: 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 ...
Democrats have PhD’s in OPM
Shot in the Dark —
... Some members of Congress have complained in recent months about chief executives of bailed-out banks, insurance companies and car makers who sponsored corporate trips to resorts or used corporate jets for their own travel. ...
Gates of Vienna News Feed 7/3/2009
Gates of Vienna —
... Congress’s Travel Tab Swells Spending on Taxpayer-Funded Trips Rises Tenfold; From Italy to the Galápagos 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 ...
Spending $550 million on new jets for Congress? Priceless
Top of the Ticket —
... No question, congressional travel is on the upswing. Overseas trips by lawmakers has increased almost tenfold since 1995. Last year, members of Congress spent $13 million in travel expenses, not counting airfare. So ...
