Congressional Travel for Dates 03/21/2005 to 03/27/2005

Congressional travel between 03/21/2005 and 03/27/2005

	No.	Cost
Trips Selected	237	$1,339,715
Approved by Republicans	131	$716,433
Approved by Democrats	108	$620,066

View Details / PDF	Traveler/ Dates	Sponsor	Approver	Destination/ Purpose	Cost
	Patel, Rudhir B. 03/27/05-04/03/05	National Association of Software and Services Cos.	Ackerman, Rep. Gary (-NY)	Hyderabad, India - Mumbai, India - ... more To give staff members firsthand knowledge of the Indian IT industry by meeting with key government a... more	$9,950.35
	Brown, Roger M. 03/20/05-03/27/05	Chinese International Economic Cooperative Association	Allard, Sen. Wayne (-CO)	Taiwan Fact-finding and education	$5,350.00
	Tryon, Warren J. 03/18/05-03/21/05	National Association of Realtors	Bachus, Rep. Spencer (-AL)	Miami, FL Attend a government affairs conference on estate and financial issues	$1,756.58
	Tryon, Warren J. 03/24/05-03/25/05	American International Automobile Dealers Association	Bachus, Rep. Spencer (-AL)	New York, NY Auto show conference in New York City	$680.00
	Stevens, Kathryn E. (Katie) 03/21/05-03/24/05	Washington Public Utility Districts Association	Baird, Rep. Brian (-WA)	Portland, OR Public power and water tour. Research and overview of public-private power and water issues in the P... more	$1,354.94
	Cavicke, David L. 03/19/05-03/22/05	Progress and Freedom Foundation	Barton, Rep. Joe (-TX)	Aspen, CO Federal Institute for Regulatory Law and Economics	$1,950.00
	Thompson, Ryan Scott 03/21/05-03/22/05	Nucor Corp.	Barton, Rep. Joe (-TX)	Dallas, TX - Houston, TX Educational forum	$330.48
	Cates, Dwight H. 03/22/05-03/23/05	Dominion Resources Inc.	Barton, Rep. Joe (-TX)	Williamsburg, VA Fact-finding tour and briefings	$429.80
	Leahy, William Christopher (Chris) 03/22/05-03/23/05	Association of Global Automakers Inc.	Barton, Rep. Joe (-TX)	New York, NY New York Auto Show with auto safety issues	$716.14
	Landry, Julie Fields 03/23/05-03/24/05	American International Automobile Dealers Association	Barton, Rep. Joe (-TX)	New York, NY American International Auto Dealers Conference. Auto issues, such as CAFE, alternative fuels, etc.	$840.00
	Black, Andrew J. (Andy) 03/27/05-04/01/05	AT&T Inc.	Barton, Rep. Joe (-TX)	San Diego, CA Telecom meetings, seminars	$2,075.89
	Waltzman, Howard Wayne 03/27/05-04/01/05	AT&T Inc.	Barton, Rep. Joe (-TX)	San Diego, CA - San Francisco, CA Congressional staff seminar, speaking engagement	$3,539.62
	Billings, John William 03/23/05-03/24/05	American International Automobile Dealers Association	Bass, Rep. Charlie (-NH)	New York, NY Interact with automobile employees at New York International Auto Show to learn about federal issue ... more	$840.00
	Rakow, Diana Birkett 03/23/05-03/26/05	Microsoft Corp.	Baucus, Sen. Max (-MT)	Seattle, WA Site visit to Microsoft campus	$2,243.42
	Marantis, Demetrios J. 03/27/05-04/03/05	U.S.-ASEAN Business Council	Baucus, Sen. Max (-MT)	Thailand Staff delegation trip to Thailand	$5,116.25
	Morrison, Mark E. 03/26/05-04/03/05	General Atomics	Bennett, Sen. Bob (-UT)	Italy Fact-finding; briefings; tours	$15,726.68
	Story, Tod J. 03/27/05-04/03/05	American Jewish Committee	Berkley, Rep. Shelley (-NV)	Tel Aviv, Israel Educational; introduction to Israeli government, politics, culture and Middle East issues	$4,168.69
	Berman, Rep. Howard (-CA) 03/25/05-04/03/05	Aspen Institute	Berman, Rep. Howard (-CA)	Shanghai, China - Beijing, China Attend and participate in conference	$18,638.10
	Estes, Deborah M. (Deb) 03/26/05-04/03/05	U.S.-ASEAN Business Council - Government of Thailand	Bingaman, Sen. Jeff (-NM)	Thailand Tsunami relief effort; U.S.-Thailand free trade agreement and geopolitical issues-fact-finding and e... more	$5,016.25
	Bishop, Rep. Rob (-UT) 03/18/05-03/24/05	U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress	Bishop, Rep. Rob (-UT)	Berlin, Germany - Brussels, Belgium - ... more To meet with members of the German Bundestag, German government representatives and European Union a... more	$4,960.10
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