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Congressional junkets picking up steam, WASHINGTON ... The congressional delegation trips, known as CODELs, are paid for by taxpayers. ... All told, the military flew at least 13 congressional delegations to various destinations during the Easter recess -- at an estimated rate of $10,000 or more per flying hour.
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The press often criticizes members of Congress who travel abroad at government expense for taking “junkets.” The term implies that the trip is as much or ...
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Saddam and his IIS had begun putting that money into organizations like Egyptian Islamic Jihad and the Army of Mohammad in Bahrain, both groups part of the same al-Qaeda network that attacked the US a year prior to this junket. ... And The Official Poster Child For Congressional Term Limitation!
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Headline: Magna Carta / Congressional Junket ... NBC Evening News for; Wednesday, May 26, 1976 ... (Studio) History of the Magna Carta noted. REPORTER: John Chancellor...
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Bonus Stat: Tom DeLay comes in a lowly 29th on the list of top 100 Congressional trip takers, though he does score two trips in the top 5 most expensive individual trips. ... Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Fun With Numbers - Congressional Junket Edition:
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Brian Baird, D-Washington, and Darlene Hooley, D-Ore., are about to get raked over the coals by the TV show, Inside Edition, for a congressional trip they took to the Galapagos Islands in June.
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Brian Baird, D-Washington, and Darlene Hooley, D-Ore., are about to get raked over the coals by the TV show, Inside Edition, for a congressional trip they took to the Galapagos Islands in June, reports Oregonian senior political writer Jeff Mapes. ... But not as much fun as a junket. So nice they paid their dependents...
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"He's in a very difficult mood," said Molinari, who used to hold the congressional seat that Fossella sits in. "He's just in a period of trying to do the right thing."
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Thompson and McDermott, who officially disclosed the cost of the trip as $5,510, understood the charity financed the junket. ... HOMELAND INSECURITY; Ex-CAIR chief indicted for 'Baghdad Jim' junket; Charged with arranging Saddam-financed trip in which Dems on enemy soil called Bush liar;
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