Congressional Travel for Dates 02/19/2009 to 02/20/2009

Congressional travel between 02/19/2009 and 02/20/2009

	No.	Cost
Trips Selected	124	$556,803
Approved by Republicans	63	$201,074
Approved by Democrats	62	$347,986

View Details / PDF	Traveler/ Dates	Sponsor	Approver	Destination/ Purpose	Cost
	Morris, Bradford Keith (Brad) 02/20/09-02/22/09	George Mason University Mercatus Center	Childers, Rep. Travis Wayne (-MS)	Philadelphia, PA Annual chiefs of staff retreat - the theme of the retreat was "Exploring the Road to Recovery." Ther... more	$526.25
	Battles, Caroline Pelot 02/20/09-02/22/09	George Mason University Mercatus Center	Carnahan, Rep. Russ (-MO)	Philadelphia, PA Attended chiefs-of-staff retreat, including informational sessions on the current financial situatio... more	$526.00
	Carnahan, Rep. Russ (-MO) 02/13/09-02/21/09	German Marshall Fund of the United States	Carnahan, Rep. Russ (-MO)	Elmau, Germany - Berlin, Germany - ... more Attended meetings with the Bundestag, the German parliament; had a series of working sessions with l... more	$23,858.91
	Capps, Rep. Lois (-CA) 02/14/09-02/20/09	Aspen Institute	Capps, Rep. Lois (-CA)	Amman, Jordan Attended Aspen Institute's conference on Islam	$17,277.00
	Meachum, Charles Petersen (Pete) 02/20/09-02/22/09	George Mason University Mercatus Center	Brown-Waite, Rep. Ginny (-FL)	Philadelphia, PA Educational meetings	$464.75
	Fleming, Margaret K. (Maggie) 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
	White, Stanley V. (Stan) 02/20/09-02/22/09	George Mason University Mercatus Center	Brady, Rep. Bob (-PA)	Philadelphia, PA Attended the Mercatus Center's 2009 congressional chiefs-of-staff retreat	$391.00
	McAvoy, Susan Ann 02/14/09-02/22/09	American Israel Education Foundation	Boswell, Rep. Leonard (-IA)	Tel Aviv, Israel Met with Israeli officials, journalists, and political analysts about the U.S.-Israel relationship	$8,690.55
	Smith, Kara Vlasaty 02/14/09-02/22/09	American Israel Education Foundation	Bond, Sen. Kit (-MO)	Israel Educational and fact-finding trip to assess first-hand the current state of the security situation, ... more	$8,690.91
	Nowakowski, Paula T. 02/14/09-02/22/09	American Israel Education Foundation	Boehner, Rep. John (-OH)	Tel Aviv, Israel Attended meetings with journalists and representatives of the Israeli government and the Palestinian... more	$8,690.92
	Walton, Ian 02/20/09-02/22/09	George Mason University Mercatus Center	Boccieri, Rep. John (-OH)	Philadelphia, PA Attended the Mercatus Center's 2009 chiefs-of-staff retreat	$742.50
	Koski, James E. 02/20/09-02/22/09	George Mason University Mercatus Center	Blumenauer, Rep. Earl (-OR)	Philadelphia, PA Speeches and briefings on economy, banking, trade, transportation and other timely policy issues	$540.00
	Bounds, Lorissa M. 02/20/09-02/22/09	George Mason University Mercatus Center	Bilbray, Rep. Brian (-CA)	Philadelphia, PA Attended a conference on policy issues facing the 111th Congress	$526.25
	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
	Coffron, Matthew R. (Matt) 02/19/09-02/20/09	Catholic Health Association of the United States	Berkley, Rep. Shelley (-NV)	Baltimore, MD Attended bipartisan retreat for senior congressional staff on health care policy issues	$254.00
	Urey, Richard L. 02/14/09-02/20/09	Fu Jen Catholic University (Taiwan)	Berkley, Rep. Shelley (-NV)	Taipei, Taiwan Met with Taiwan government officials to discuss Taiwan military, economic, trade and other issues	$6,292.70
	Berkley, Rep. Shelley (-NV) 02/14/09-02/19/09	Fu Jen Catholic University (Taiwan)	Berkley, Rep. Shelley (-NV)	Taipei, Taiwan Met with government officials of Taiwan, toured Defense Command headquarters, met with National Defe... more	$21,269.90
	Kyle, Sarah Schultz 02/14/09-02/21/09	United Nations Foundation - UNAIDS	Bayh, Sen. Evan (-IN)	Tanzania Meetings with government officials regarding prevention, treatment, care and support of HIV services	$10,331.10
	Lee, Elizabeth 02/19/09-02/20/09	Alliance for Health Reform - Catholic Health Association of the United States - ... more	Baldwin, Rep. Tammy (-WI)	Baltimore, MD Attended health policy retreat for senior congressional staff	$254.00
	Marston, Michelle Presson 02/20/09-02/22/09	George Mason University Mercatus Center	Bachmann, Rep. Michele (-MN)	Philadelphia, PA Attended chiefs-of-staff retreat; sessions provided discussions about economics and current events, ... more	$646.50
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