Congressional Travel for Dates 05/26/2006 to 05/30/2006

Congressional travel between 05/26/2006 and 05/30/2006

	No.	Cost
Trips Selected	49	$241,447
Approved by Republicans	17	$87,110
Approved by Democrats	32	$154,336

View Details / PDF	Traveler/ Dates	Sponsor	Approver	Destination/ Purpose	Cost
	Alexander, Sen. Lamar (-TN) 05/30/06-06/04/06	Aspen Institute	Alexander, Sen. Lamar (-TN)	Istanbul, Turkey Congressional conference on "Political Islam: Challenges for U.S. Policy"	$8,849.40
	Adams, Gregory E 05/30/06-06/02/06	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority	Watson, Rep. Diane (-CA)	Los Angeles, CA Fact-finding visit about transit and transportation security and management	$1,054.54
	Jones, Travis J 05/30/06-06/01/06	Milk Producers of Idaho - Idaho Cattle Association - ... more	Craig, Sen. Larry (-ID)	Boise, ID - Twin Falls, ID - ... more To tour various dairy and beef operations and processiing facilities in Idaho and to discuss the iss... more	$878.00
	Thorpe, Amanda R 05/29/06-06/08/06	Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation	Ruppersberger, Rep. Dutch (-MD)	Tel Aviv, Israel - Israel - ... more Mission examining political and geographic history of the state of Israel, including Golan Heights, ... more	$6,696.00
	Bennett, Sen. Robert (-UT) 05/29/06-06/04/06	Aspen Institute	Bennett, Sen. Robert (-UT)	Istanbul, Turkey Sen. Bennett participated in a conference on political Islam	$8,148.00
	Blumenauer, Rep. Earl (-OR) 05/29/06-06/04/06	Aspen Institute	Blumenauer, Rep. Earl (-OR)	Istanbul, Turkey To participate in a program on political Islam	$9,269.90
	Cooper, Rep. Jim (-TN) 05/29/06-06/04/06	Aspen Institute	Cooper, Rep. Jim (-TN)	Istanbul, Turkey To participate in a conference on political Islam	$9,102.50
	Dorgan, Sen. Byron (-ND) 05/29/06-06/04/06	Aspen Institute	Dorgan, Sen. Byron (-ND)	Istanbul, Turkey To participate in a conference on political Islam	$8,965.60
	Johnson, Sen. Timothy (-SD) 05/29/06-06/04/06	Aspen Institute	Johnson, Sen. Timothy (-SD)	Istanbul, Turkey To participate in a conference on political Islam	$8,986.00
	Kolbe, Rep. Jim (-AZ) 05/29/06-06/04/06	Aspen Institute	Kolbe, Rep. Jim (-AZ)	Istanbul, Turkey To participate in political Islam conference	$9,359.00
	Sarbanes, Sen. Paul (-MD) 05/29/06-06/04/06	Aspen Institute	Sarbanes, Sen. Paul (-MD)	Istanbul, Turkey To participate in congressional program re: political Islam	$8,825.00
	Stevens, Sen. Ted (-AK) 05/29/06-06/04/06	Aspen Institute	Stevens, Sen. Ted (-AK)	Istanbul, Turkey To participate in a conference on political Islam	$9,437.56
	Wicker, Rep. Roger (-MS) 05/29/06-06/04/06	Aspen Institute	Wicker, Rep. Roger (-MS)	Istanbul, Turkey To participate in a conference on political Islam	$5,879.40
	Dingell, Rep. John (-MI) 05/29/06-06/03/06	Detroit Regional Chamber	Dingell, Rep. John (-MI)	Mackinac Island, MI Leadership policy conference	$1,533.18
	Lugar, Sen. Richard (-IN) 05/29/06-06/03/06	Aspen Institute	Lugar, Sen. Richard (-IN)	Istanbul, Turkey Sen. and Mrs. Lugar were participants in the Aspen Institute's congressional program conference on p... more	$7,995.60
	Aalim-Johnson, Jameel W 05/29/06-06/02/06	Tunisian American Chamber of Commerce	Meeks, Rep. Gregory (-NY)	Tunisia Fact-finding	$2,692.00
	Romans, Jennifer M 05/29/06-06/02/06	Parliament of the United Kingdom	Frist, Sen. Bill (-TN)	London, England Bipartisan codel regarding embryonic stem cell research	$3,601.87
	Clarke, James B 05/29/06-06/01/06	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority - Port of Los Angeles, Calif.	Watson, Rep. Diane (-CA)	Los Angeles, CA Site visit for homeland security measures at LACMTA, city of Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles, por... more	$1,058.77
	Harkin, Sen. Tom (-IA) 05/29/06-05/29/06	U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas John Rood	Harkin, Sen. Tom (-IA)	Marsh Harbour, Bahamas - Nassau, Bahamas Official meetings with Ambassador Rood, participation by me and my wife in the embassy's official Me... more	$360.00
	Beck, Andrew R 05/28/06-06/04/06	Tunisian American Chamber of Commerce	Gillmor, Rep. Paul (-OH)	Tunis, Tunisia - Djerba, Tunisia To gain an overview of Tunisia and Tunisian-American bilateral relations on the economic, political ... more	$2,812.00
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