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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth
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To: American Spirit who wrote (46006)5/11/2005 11:20:29 PM
From: Peter Dierks  Read Replies (1) of 173976
 
The truth about paid travel by our legislatores:

The DeLay Derby

Wizbang has numbers on the trip-taking tendencies of the U.S. Congress. They're verrry eenteresting. The only thing I've been sure of throughout the DeLay dust-up is that he certainly can't be the only one. According to these numbers, compiled by Northwestern journalism students (take a cue from these guys, WaPo and NYT reporters), DeLay comes in at 29th on the list of the top 100 Congressional junket jet-setters. From Wizbang:

Democratic Party

Percentage of seats in Congress controlled (currently): 46%
Number of trips for party members: 2729
Total spent on party members: $7,805,362.87
Percentage of total spent on party: 54.3%
Percentage of the top 100 travelers (by cost): 57%

Republican Party
Percentage of seats in Congress controlled (currently): 54%
Number of trips for party members: 2095
Total spent on party members: $6,512,990.35
Percentage of total spent on party: 45.3%
Percentage of the top 100 travelers (by cost): 43%

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.

Former Sen. John Breaux (D-La.) took top honors, taking $158,000 in trips since 2000. Lots of interesting information in the study, here. Find out where your Congressmen are flying.

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