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How Congress Rolls: House Spends $1.4 Million Per Month on Travel

(July 21) -- It's a truth of political life (not to mention, yes, an unforgivable bastardization of a classic TV catchphrase): Have seat in Congress, will travel. As if your job depends on it. Because it very well might. Full Report How Congress Spent Your $1 Billion Food Tab: $604K on Bottled Water Interns and Pages:...

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Tim Cook meets with US congressional leaders

Apple CEO Tim Cook traveled to Washington, DC last week to meet with Congressional leaders, according to Fortune.

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Obama Touts Tourism, Mickey's Big Ears At Disney World

Obama, ever the jokester, opened up his speech along Disney World's Main Street USA by saying Malia and Sasha were quite jealous he was in Florida, before adding, "I am excited to see Mickey. It's always nice to meet a world leader who has bigger ears than me."

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04/19/12 Lawyer2Lawyer: Transparency in Congressional Travel Source: Media Law Members of Congress and their staffers who travel at the expense of private organizations must follow a long list of legal restrictions and requirements.
03/19/12 Privately funded congressional travel in spotlight Source: St. Cloud Times - St. Cloud MN The 2011 theme In the Steps of Reagan, was a tribute to the late presidents 100th birthday, and Heritage chose Simi Valley because it is near the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library, Franc said.
03/12/12 Duffy, Ribble take advantage of congressional travel... Source: Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter - Manitowoc WI WASHINGTON Reps. Sean Duffy and Reid Ribble campaigned for office as outsiders sneering at the ways of Washington, but it didn't take long for the first-term lawmakers to take advantage of a congressional perk that has been a source of controversy: privately funded travel.
10/05/11 Congressional travel costs: Tonko most thrifty, Gibson... Source: Capitol Confidential Rep. Chris Gibson hasn't been quite as thrifty as Rep. Paul Tonko when it comes to domestic travel costs, but the Kinderhook Republican might be the new Congressional spokesman for Southwest Airlines.
06/13/11 Exclusive: Congressional Travel Spikes, Despite Vows... Source: The Daily Beast With America's economy in the gutter, lawmakers pledge to cut backâexcept, apparently, when it comes to fancy trips around the globe at the expense of taxpayers and special interests.