Congressional Travel for Dates 05/25/2008 to 05/31/2008

Congressional travel between 05/25/2008 and 05/31/2008

	No.	Cost
Trips Selected	102	$586,760
Approved by Republicans	39	$254,389
Approved by Democrats	64	$333,930

View Details / PDF	Traveler/ Dates	Sponsor	Approver	Destination/ Purpose	Cost
	Lyons, Charles R. (Charlie) 05/25/08-06/01/08	Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation - Baltimore Jewish Council	Casey, Sen. Bob (-PA)	Israel Educational mission to Israel	$5,816.00
	Thompson, Rep. Bennie (-MS) 05/23/08-05/25/08	Coalition of Black Trade Unionists	Thompson, Rep. Bennie (-MS)	St. Louis, MO Keynote speaker at the coalition's annual convention	$182.00
	Johnson, Rep. Hank (-GA) 05/25/08-05/31/08	International Management and Development Institute - Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise	Johnson, Rep. Hank (-GA)	Oslo, Norway Presentation on climate change, oil and drilling in the Arctic, NATO/Russia relations and Norwegian ... more	$9,537.43
	Satcher, Daraka E. (Dok) 05/25/08-05/31/08	International Management and Development Institute - Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise - ... more	Johnson, Rep. Hank (-GA)	Oslo, Norway - Longyearbyen, Norway Presentations on climate change, oil and gas drilling, NATO/Russia relations and Norwegian technolog... more	$9,339.16
	Sarbanes, Rep. John (-MD) 05/25/08-05/28/08	Constantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy	Sarbanes, Rep. John (-MD)	Athens, Greece Exchange views on Greek and U.S. legislative issues, including education and labor	$7,810.81
	Tancredo, Rep. Tom (-CO) 05/31/08-06/01/08	David Horowitz Freedom Center	Tancredo, Rep. Tom (-CO)	Santa Barbara, CA Educational conference with panel discussion about border and immigration issues	$2,268.48
	Kilpatrick, Rep. Carolyn Cheeks (-MI) 05/29/08-05/30/08	Detroit Regional Chamber	Kilpatrick, Rep. Carolyn Cheeks (-MI)	Mackinac Island, MI Working lunch with legislators, discussion of federal hot topics	$291.00
	Hoekstra, Rep. Pete (-MI) 05/29/08-05/30/08	Detroit Regional Chamber	Hoekstra, Rep. Pete (-MI)	Mackinac Island, MI Participate in annual conference with federal legislators	$228.00
	Cohen, Gail E. 05/26/08-05/28/08	Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation	Schumer, Sen. Chuck (-NY)	Cambridge, MA Educational seminal on the impact of science and technology on regional economy.	$1,221.09
	Kearns, Jason E. 05/22/08-05/25/08	German Marshall Fund of the United States	Rangel, Rep. Charlie (-NY)	Oxford, England Two-day meeting on "World Trade Organization Reform" including economic development, bilateral trade... more	$2,038.81
	Hodge, Matthew S. (Matt) 05/22/08-05/25/08	German Marshall Fund of the United States	Cantor, Rep. Eric (-VA)	Oxford, England Meeting on the politics of World Trade Organization reform	$2,295.94
	Quinn, Katherine E. (Katy) 05/26/08-05/31/08	German Marshall Fund of the United States	Smith, Rep. Adam (-WA)	Stockholm, Sweden - London, England Congressional staff study tour of the U.K. and Sweden to learn about aid and development policy in e... more	$4,875.00
	De La Iglesia, Mark J. 05/22/08-05/25/08	German Marshall Fund of the United States	Smith, Rep. Adam (-WA)	London, England - Oxford, England Meetings on the politics of World Trade Organization reform	$1,757.93
	Neill, Allie 05/24/08-05/30/08	German Marshall Fund of the United States	Clyburn, Rep. Jim (-SC)	Stuttgart, Germany - Munich, Germany Conference on innovations in mobility and transportation	$4,118.94
	Crenshaw, Laurent Morgan 05/24/08-05/31/08	German Marshall Fund of the United States	Issa, Rep. Darrell (-CA)	Serbia - Sarajevo, Bosnia - ... more Met with political and governmental leaders regarding the status of Kosovo and the constitutional re... more	$7,465.58
	Steffens, Mary R. 05/26/08-05/31/08	German Marshall Fund of the United States	Dreier, Rep. David (-CA)	London, England - Stockholm, Sweden Congressional staff study tour of the U.K. and Sweden to learn about aid and development policy in e... more	$4,715.00
	Graves, Scott Chester 05/22/08-05/25/08	German Marshall Fund of the United States	Conaway, Rep. Mike (-TX)	London, England - Oxford, England Meeting on the politics of World Trade Organization reform	$2,045.82
	Lawrence-Vaca, Jessica (Jessica Lawrence) 05/24/08-06/01/08	German Marshall Fund of the United States	Sires, Rep. Albio (-NJ)	Belgrade, Serbia - Sarajevo, Bosnia - ... more Meetings with U.S. officials, EU and UN officials, government officials, parliamentarians and member... more	$8,096.48
	Heaton, Michael Joseph (Joe) 05/25/08-05/31/08	German Marshall Fund of the United States	Turner, Rep. Mike (-OH)	Belgrade, Serbia - Sarajevo, Bosnia - ... more Meetings with government officials and civil society regarding the conflicts in the Western Balkans	$7,290.92
	Pedersen, Jesper P. 05/24/08-05/31/08	German Marshall Fund of the United States	Wexler, Rep. Robert (-FL)	Belgrade, Serbia - Sarajevo, Bosnia - ... more Meetings with government officials and civil society regarding the conflicts in the Western Balkans	$7,465.18
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