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Caught Our Eye

GOP likes the friendly skies more than Democrats

Posted by J. Todd Foster on May 3, 2016

Republicans in Congress took nearly three times as many privately funded trips as Democrats did in the first quarter of this year.

Of the 533 trips taken in the first quarter for a total of $858,002, Republicans and their staffs took 390 for $616,985. That's 73 percent of the total trips taken and 72 percent of the total money spent.

Some 234 of those trips were training seminars in Baltimore for Republican chiefs of staff to learn how to effectively manage a congressional office. The Congressional Institute hosted the 234 staffers at a cost of $178,790. Removing that trip, Republicans still outpaced Democrats by 299 trips to 234 for $438,195 compared to $419,807.

The most expensive trip so far in 2016 belongs to Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.), who traveled with his daughter, Cassandra, and toured health care facilities and met with community members and government officials in Kenya from March 5-11. Funded by World Vision Inc. and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the trip cost $27,357 - the 29th most-expensive congressional trip since 2000, when LegiStorm's trips database began.

Subjects: Former Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-MN); Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; World Vision Inc.; Congressional Institute Inc.

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