Congressional Travel for Dates 08/15/2004 to 08/23/2004

Congressional travel between 08/15/2004 and 08/23/2004

	No.	Cost
Trips Selected	310	$981,010
Approved by Republicans	202	$617,510
Approved by Democrats	109	$364,919

View Details / PDF	Traveler/ Dates	Sponsor	Approver	Destination/ Purpose	Cost
	Kilpatrick, Rep. Carolyn (-MI) 08/21/04-08/28/04	African World Expo	Kilpatrick, Rep. Carolyn (-MI)	Abuja, Nigeria - Lagos, Nigeria - ... more Fact-finding and trade mission to promote business between the city of Detroit, the state of Michiga... more	$8,097.00
	Sullivan, Michael C 08/08/04-08/15/04	Alaska Telephone Association	Ensign, Sen. John (-NV)	Alaska Fact-Finding visits with rural telcos	$3,874.47
	Astin, Amy 08/22/04-08/29/04	Defense Forum Foundation	Rehberg, Rep. Dennis (-MT)	Algiers, Algeria - Tindouf, Algeria Visit Saharawi refugee camps	$1,849.81
	Thompson, Mischa E 08/22/04-08/30/04	Defense Forum Foundation	Meeks, Rep. Gregory (-NY)	Algiers, Algeria - Tindouf, Algeria - ... more Fact-finding; to visit the refugee camps of the Sahawi people and see first-hand the situation of th... more	$1,684.81
	O'Rielly, Michael P 08/16/04-08/20/04	General Communication Inc.	Sununu, Sen. John (-NH)	Anchorage, AK - Kotzebue, AK - ... more Participate in technology demonstrations and learn about the challenges of providing telecommunicati... more	$4,719.07
	Kurth, Christine D 08/16/04-08/20/04	General Communication Inc.	Stevens, Sen. Ted (-AK)	Anchorage, AK - Kotzebue, AK - ... more Fact-finding trip to view telecom site in rural Alaska and view a cable telephony site	$3,467.89
	Bingel, Kelly R 08/07/04-08/15/04	Matanuska Telephone Association - OTZ Telephone Cooperative - ... more	Lincoln, Sen. Blanche (-AR)	Anchorage, AK - Prudhoe Bay, AK - ... more Study of the challenges of providing telecommunications services in rural areas	$6,765.00
	Kurth, Christine D 08/22/04-08/24/04	Progress and Freedom Foundation	Stevens, Sen. Ted (-AK)	Aspen, CO To attend the Aspen Summit Conference on Telecom and Technology Policy and participate in a roundtab... more	$1,809.86
	French, James A 08/22/04-08/24/04	Progress and Freedom Foundation	Berman, Rep. Howard (-CA)	Aspen, CO Speaking on a panel	$1,766.25
	Sullivan, Michael C 08/22/04-08/24/04	Progress and Freedom Foundation	Ensign, Sen. John (-NV)	Aspen, CO Speak at Progress and Freedom Foundation technology conference and participate in fact-finding works... more	$1,746.25
	Albright, C H Jr 08/22/04-08/24/04	Progress and Freedom Foundation	Barton, Rep. Joe (-TX)	Aspen, CO To participate in the conference and speak about telecom issues	$2,148.79
	Waltzman, Howard Wayne 08/22/04-08/24/04	Progress and Freedom Foundation	Barton, Rep. Joe (-TX)	Aspen, CO Speaking engagement; policy conference	$1,447.12
	Cavicke, David L 08/22/04-08/24/04	Progress and Freedom Foundation	Barton, Rep. Joe (-TX)	Aspen, CO Education	$1,780.94
	Keeley, Matthew J 08/22/04-08/25/04	Progress and Freedom Foundation	Sensenbrenner, Rep. F James Jr (-WI)	Aspen, CO To attend the Progress and Freedom Foundation 2004 Aspen summit	$1,808.61
	Kirchner, Joan M 08/18/04-08/19/04	Atlantic Station LLC	Miller, Sen. Zell (-GA)	Atlanta, GA Tour of Atlantic Station project	$393.00
	Woolley, Leslie 08/18/04-08/20/04	Atlantic Station LLC	Miller, Sen. Zell (-GA)	Atlanta, GA Fact-finding	$393.00
	Lizarraga, Jaime E 08/08/04-08/23/04	Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs	Frank, Rep. Barney (-MA)	Beijing, China - Kunming, China - ... more Congressional staff delegation to China	$7,589.00
	Gonzales, B Walter 08/08/04-08/23/04	Better Hong Kong Foundation - Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs	Ruppersberger, Rep. Dutch (-MD)	Beijing, China - Kunming, China - ... more Banking reform - education - fact-finding	$7,650.00
	Thorne, Vicki L 08/08/04-08/23/04	U.S.-Asia Institute	Bingaman, Sen. Jeff (-NM)	Beijing, China - Shanghai, China - ... more To learn more about China's strategic economic and financial developments, including energy policies	$7,589.00
	Mulligan, John P 08/09/04-08/17/04	Freeman Foundation - U.S.-China Policy Foundation	Smith, Rep. Adam (-WA)	Beijing, China - Shanghai, China - ... more Foreign policy, trade fact-finding	$3,490.00
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