Congressional Travel for Dates 02/15/2009 to 02/19/2009

Congressional travel between 02/15/2009 and 02/19/2009

	No.	Cost
Trips Selected	63	$568,281
Approved by Republicans	23	$247,019
Approved by Democrats	39	$312,571

View Details / PDF	Traveler/ Dates	Sponsor	Approver	Destination/ Purpose	Cost
	Coffron, Matthew R 02/19/09-02/20/09	Catholic Health Association	Berkley, Rep. Shelley (-NV)	Baltimore, MD Attended bipartisan retreat for senior congressional staff on health care policy issues	$254.00
	Gronninger, Tim 02/19/09-02/20/09	Catholic Health Association	Waxman, Rep. Henry (-CA)	Baltimore, MD Attended bipartisan retreat for senior congressional staff on health policy issues	$190.00
	Kempf, Purvee P 02/19/09-02/20/09	Catholic Health Association	Waxman, Rep. Henry (-CA)	Baltimore, MD Attended bipartisan retreat for senior congressional staff on health care policy issues	$212.00
	Lee, Elizabeth Y 02/19/09-02/20/09	Alliance for Health Reform - Commonwealth Fund - ... more	Baldwin, Rep. Tammy (-WI)	Baltimore, MD Attended health policy retreat for senior congressional staff	$254.00
	Lippert, Jocelyn R 02/19/09-02/20/09	Alliance for Health Reform - Commonwealth Fund - ... more	Levin, Rep. Sander (-MI)	Baltimore, MD Attended a series of panels on various aspects of health care reform	$232.00
	McDonough, John E 02/19/09-02/20/09	Alliance for Health Reform - Commonwealth Fund - ... more	Kennedy, Sen. Edward "Ted" (-MA)	Baltimore, MD Attended Alliance for Health Reform briefing on issues relating to national health reform	$254.00
	Olson, Erik 02/19/09-02/20/09	Employee-Owned S-Corporations of America - Foundation for Private Employee Ownership	Kind, Rep. Ron (-WI)	Miami, FL Spoke on a congressional panel during the organization's annual conference and attended dinner on th... more	$1,043.55
	Pinkele, Abigail 02/19/09-02/20/09	Alliance for Health Reform - Commonwealth Fund - ... more	Green, Rep. Gene (-TX)	Baltimore, MD Attended meetings on the topics of health reform, Medicare payment reform, health insurance reform a... more	$212.00
	Sitcovsky, David 02/19/09-02/20/09	Catholic Health Association	Larson, Rep. John (-CT)	Baltimore, MD Attended bipartisan health policy retreat for senior congressional staff	$239.82
	Thomas, Dana E 02/19/09-02/20/09	Alliance for Health Reform - Commonwealth Fund - ... more	Schakowsky, Rep. Janice (-IL)	Baltimore, MD Attended congressional staff retreat to discuss issues relating to national health reform	$254.00
	Uckele, Andrea 02/19/09-02/20/09	Catholic Health Association	Emerson, Rep. Jo Ann (-MO)	Baltimore, MD Attended congressional staff retreat	$254.00
	Varnhagen, Michele 02/18/09-02/19/09	American Bar Association	Miller, Rep. George (-CA)	Charleston, SC Gave speech on the 111th congressional agenda and attended the ABA conference	$522.63
	Barnett, Philip S 02/17/09-02/17/09	Harvard University Law School	Waxman, Rep. Henry (-CA)	Boston, MA Discussed legislative process with law school students	$646.69
	Poe, Rep. Ted (-TX) 02/16/09-02/18/09	Professional Bail Agents of the United States	Poe, Rep. Ted (-TX)	Las Vegas, NV Was the welcoming keynote speaker and attended plenary panel sessions and the conference awards banq... more	$1,380.69
	Dujon, Charles 02/15/09-02/22/09	International Committee of the Red Cross	Jackson, Rep. Jesse Jr (-IL)	Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Cap-Haitien, Haiti Site visits to ICRC and Red Cross programs, including HIV/AIDS prevention, detention facilities and ... more	$1,878.00
	Fleming, Margaret K 02/15/09-02/22/09	International Committee of the Red Cross	Brownback, Sen. Sam (-KS)	Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Cap-Haitien, Haiti - ... more Educational opportunity to learn about the ICRC and its humanitarian concern in Haiti	$1,878.00
	Griggs, Heloisa H 02/15/09-02/22/09	International Committee of the Red Cross	Durbin, Sen. Richard (-IL)	Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Cap-Haitien, Haiti Educational opportunity to learn about the ICRC and its humanitarian mission in Haiti	$1,878.00
	Smith, Kristin M 02/15/09-02/19/09	International Committee of the Red Cross	Rehberg, Rep. Dennis (-MT)	Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Cap-Haitien, Haiti Met with U.S. ambassador to Haiti and Red Cross officials, including visits to see humanitarian work... more	$1,891.10
	Waxman, Rep. Henry (-CA) 02/14/09-02/23/09	Aspen Institute	Waxman, Rep. Henry (-CA)	Amman, Jordan Attended conference and meetings on Islam and U.S. policy	$13,176.00
	Berman, Rep. Howard (-CA) 02/14/09-02/22/09	Aspen Institute	Berman, Rep. Howard (-CA)	Amman, Jordan Attended conference on the relation of Islamic ideology and governance to U.S. policy	$13,624.00
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