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Ski Resorts

Trips on this page are to ski resorts or to locations known for skiing. This is not meant to suggest that skiing was necessarily an activity engaged in on any of the congressional trips shown here. However, we have provided this list as a helpful resource for our users.

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	No.	Cost
Trips Selected	960	$2,347,755
Approved by Republicans	603	$1,318,297
Approved by Democrats	357	$1,027,072

View Details / PDF	Traveler/ Dates	Sponsor	Approver	Destination/ Purpose	Cost
	Thomas, Rep. Bill (-CA) 06/24/05-06/26/05	American Enterprise Institute - Vail Valley Foundation	Thomas, Rep. Bill (-CA)	Beaver Creek, CO To participate in panel discussions on entitlements, Social Security and tax reform	$27,962.00
	Jackson, Rep. Jesse Jr (-IL) 04/05/01-04/12/01	Islamic Institute	Jackson, Rep. Jesse Jr (-IL)	Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Doha, Qatar Fact-finding trip	$19,500.00
	Aderholt, Rep. Robert (-AL) 01/11/06-01/18/06	International Management and Development Institute	Aderholt, Rep. Robert (-AL)	Vienna, Austria - Budapest, Hungary - ... more Government-business dialogue with Austrian, Hungarian and Kazakh government officials and business l... more	$18,433.60
	Sheil, Paula M 04/07/07-04/16/07	Cyprus Federation of America	Gallegly, Rep. Elton (-CA)	Athens, Greece - Cyprus - ... more Gain greater knowledge of U.S.-Greece and U.S.-Cyprus relationship. Meet with Greek and Cypriot offi... more	$18,370.00
	Sensenbrenner, Rep. F James Jr (-WI) 04/04/04-04/09/04	Islamic Institute	Sensenbrenner, Rep. F James Jr (-WI)	Doha, Qatar - Bahrain - ... more Speak at conference in Doha and investigate money laundering in the Middle East	$18,097.68
	Barr, Rep. Bob (-GA) 04/07/01-04/17/01	Islamic Institute	Barr, Rep. Bob (-GA)	Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Doha, Qatar Congressional fact-finding, speech	$18,000.00
	Istook, Rep. Ernest Jr (-OK) 08/14/03-08/21/03	Center for First Principles	Istook, Rep. Ernest Jr (-OK)	Budapest, Hungary - Vienna, Austria - ... more Educational; meetings with U.S. Embassy and government officials in Europe	$17,819.68
	Tiahrt, Rep. Todd (-KS) 08/13/03-08/21/03	Center for First Principles	Tiahrt, Rep. Todd (-KS)	Budapest, Hungary - Vienna, Austria - ... more To enhance relations between America and new Europe	$17,819.44
	Chandler, Rep. Ben (-KY) 04/11/04-04/18/04	International Management and Development Institute	Chandler, Rep. Ben (-KY)	Moscow, Russia - Budapest, Hungary - ... more Met with Russian government officials and civic groups about the current economic conditions and inv... more	$17,784.60
	Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE) 09/30/04-10/03/04	Forstmann Little and Co.	Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)	Aspen, CO Senator's participation in Forstmann Little, and Co. conference; foreign policy discussion on Americ... more	$17,554.98
	Urey, Richard L 07/10/07-07/16/07	Jewish Congress of Kazakhstan	Berkley, Rep. Shelley (-NV)	Almaty, Kazakhstan Fact-finding related to trade, international security and democracy building. The trip affords poten... more	$12,969.00
	Myers, David T 08/15/03-08/23/03	General Atomics	Domenici, Sen. Pete (-NM)	Berlin, Germany - Heidelberg, Germany - ... more Visit U.S. Embass'sy military affairs attache, three General Atomics companies, European Command, U.... more	$12,905.00
	Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE) 09/02/04-09/06/04	Ambrosetti	Biden, Sen. Joseph Jr (-DE)	Lake Como, Italy Ambrosetti's conference titled Intelligence 2004 on the World, on Europe, on Italy	$12,239.00
	Kind, Rep. Ron (-WI) 11/26/06-12/02/06	American Airlines - American International Group Inc. - ... more	Kind, Rep. Ron (-WI)	Rome, Italy - Geneva, Switzerland To meet with the officials of the World Trade Organization and U.S. and other country ambassadors to... more	$12,145.42
	McDermott, Rep. Jim (-WA) 01/13/06-01/18/06	International Management and Development Institute	McDermott, Rep. Jim (-WA)	Almaty, Kazakhstan Government business with Kazakh government officials and business leaders	$11,659.90
	Morgan, David 05/24/03-06/01/03	Tax Foundation	Jefferson, Rep. William (-LA)	Berlin, Germany - Geneva, Switzerland - ... more Purpose not disclosed	$11,313.00
	Wolski, Lisa M 05/24/03-06/01/03	Tax Foundation	Kyl, Sen. Jon (-AZ)	Berlin, Germany - Geneva, Switzerland - ... more Meet with foreign, international and company tax officials and to discuss international tax issues a... more	$11,233.00
	Podesta, Heather Miller 05/24/03-06/01/03	Tax Foundation	Visclosky, Rep. Peter (-IN)	Berlin, Germany - Geneva, Switzerland - ... more Meet with government, business, and international organization officials to discuss international ta... more	$11,233.00
	McClellan, Edgar D 05/23/03-05/31/03	Tax Foundation	Grassley, Sen. Chuck (-IA)	Berlin, Germany - Geneva, Switzerland - ... more 2003 U.S.-European international tax conference	$11,233.00
	Gaston, Brian S 05/24/03-06/01/03	Organization for International Investment - Tax Foundation	Blunt, Rep. Roy (-MO)	Berlin, Germany - Geneva, Switzerland - ... more Meet with foreign government officials and business leaders on international tax and trade issues.	$11,233.00
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