Congressional Travel for Dates 03/15/2008 to 03/22/2008

Congressional travel between 03/15/2008 and 03/22/2008

	No.	Cost
Trips Selected	37	$142,186
Approved by Republicans	14	$64,701
Approved by Democrats	23	$74,263

View Details / PDF	Traveler/ Dates	Sponsor	Approver	Destination/ Purpose	Cost
	Ahern, Michael E 03/21/08-03/28/08	American Council of Young Political Leaders	Royce, Rep. Ed (-CA)	Cairo, Egypt Egyptian Parliamentary Exchange Program	$3,550.98
	Benjamin, Claire R 03/22/08-03/28/08	American Council of Young Political Leaders	Welch, Rep. Peter (-VT)	Cairo, Egypt Political study and exchange to learn about politics, culture and geography of Egypt	$3,425.98
	Blumenfeld, Dalis A 03/22/08-03/28/08	American Council of Young Political Leaders	Berman, Rep. Howard (-CA)	Cairo, Egypt Political study and exchange to learn about politics, culture and geography of Egypt	$3,550.98
	Boule, Scott 03/21/08-03/26/08	United Nations Foundation	Pelosi, Rep. Nancy (-CA)	Gaborone, Botswana The agenda included meetings with in-country government officials, United Nations officials, U.S. go... more	$9,011.64
	DeGraff, Kenneth B 03/15/08-03/19/08	Verizon Communications Inc.	Doyle, Rep. Mike (-PA)	New York, NY Meeting about Verizon Wireless new open development platform initiative	$913.00
	Dumas, Nicholas R 03/22/08-03/28/08	American Council of Young Political Leaders	McCollum, Rep. Betty (-MN)	Cairo, Egypt Political study and exchange to learn about politics, culture and geography of Egypt	$3,550.98
	Dusik, John M 03/16/08-03/18/08	National Health Policy Forum	Weller, Rep. Jerry (-IL)	Chicago, IL To attend meetings to examine issues related to competition, cooperation and interaction between pri... more	$1,400.00
	Eddy, Jenny Elizabeth 03/21/08-03/28/08	American Council of Young Political Leaders	Cole, Rep. Tom (-OK)	Cairo, Egypt Political study and exchange to learn about politics, culture and geography of Egypt	$3,550.98
	Frank, Rep. Barney (-MA) 03/21/08-03/23/08	HBO	Frank, Rep. Barney (-MA)	Los Angeles, CA To appear on "Real Time with Bill Maher"	$1,998.00
	Fried, Neil Ray 03/18/08-03/19/08	Verizon Communications Inc.	Barton, Rep. Joe (-TX)	New York, NY Verizon Wireless conference concerning development of wireless devices and applications	$450.00
	Green, Martin D 03/15/08-03/22/08	Turkish Cultural Center New York	Souder, Rep. Mark (-IN)	Istanbul, Turkey - Ankara, Turkey To enhance understanding of U.S.-Turkey relations for assistance in foreign policy related legislati... more	$2,550.00
	Greenberg, Harold M 03/18/08-03/19/08	Verizon Communications Inc.	Harman, Rep. Jane (-CA)	New York, NY Verizon open development initiative presentation and breakout sessions	$1,400.00
	Harrison, Jaime R 03/22/08-03/29/08	Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists	Clyburn, Rep. James (-SC)	Istanbul, Turkey - Gaziantep, Turkey - ... more During this trip, the delegation met with an assortment of business, religious and government offici... more	$3,650.00
	Heenan, Lucy 03/20/08-03/29/08	RESULTS Educational Fund	Lowey, Rep. Nita (-NY)	Dhaka, Bangladesh - Delhi, India The purpose is to experience first hand the progress in and challenges to tuberculosis and HIV effor... more	$5,435.84
	Levine, Amy L 03/18/08-03/19/08	Verizon Communications Inc.	Dingell, Rep. John (-MI)	New York, NY I attended the Verizon Wireless open development conference, including sessions about the technical ... more	$812.00
	Litvin, Timothy R 03/22/08-03/29/08	Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists	Gregg, Sen. Judd (-NH)	Ankara, Turkey - Gaziantep, Turkey - ... more To participate in a fact-finding mission to Turkey, specifically to meet with business, religious an... more	$3,326.00
	Madyun, Munir D 03/22/08-03/29/08	Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists	Serrano, Rep. Jose (-NY)	Istanbul, Turkey To meet with members of Parliament, high-level government and regional officials, journalists, and T... more	$3,650.00
	McCullough, Mary T 03/14/08-03/22/08	United Nations Foundation	Pelosi, Rep. Nancy (-CA)	Gaborone, Botswana The agenda included meetings with in-country government officials, United Nations officials, U.S. go... more	$8,987.64
	McKenney, Kerry B 03/22/08-03/29/08	Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists of Turkey	Payne, Rep. Donald (-NJ)	Istanbul, Turkey - Ankara, Turkey Briefings on Turkey with government representatives, members of the business community, religious le... more	$2,875.00
	Morrison, Mark E 03/21/08-03/29/08	RESULTS Educational Fund	Bennett, Sen. Robert (-UT)	Dhaka, Bangladesh - New Delhi, India To learn more about micro-finance and tuberculosis treatment to better assist Sen. Bennett in his du... more	$4,640.23
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