2008 Presidential Candidates Privately Financed Congressional Trips

Congressional Travel by 2008 Presidential Candidates

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Trips Selected 238 $511,011

Approved by Republicans 35 $115,823

Approved by Democrats 203 $395,188
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View Details / PDF	Traveler/ Dates	Sponsor	Approver	Destination/ Purpose	Cost
	Biden, Sen. Joe (-DE) 09/30/04-10/03/04	Forstmann Little and Co.	Biden, Sen. Joe (-DE)	Aspen, CO Senator's participation in Forstmann Little, and Co. conference; foreign policy discussion on Americ... more	$17,554.98
	Kucinich, Rep. Dennis (-OH) 05/07/12-05/10/12	American University in Dubai	Kucinich, Rep. Dennis (-OH)	Dubai, United Arab Emirates Attended the university's commencement ceremonies and served as keynote speaker	$15,172.55
	Tancredo, Rep. Tom (-CO) 03/15/08-03/21/08	Fu Jen Catholic University (Taiwan)	Tancredo, Rep. Tom (-CO)	San Francisco, CA - Honolulu, HI - ... more Participated in educational and fact-finding trip	$14,220.00
	Tancredo, Rep. Tom (-CO) 02/14/02-02/22/02	ITKIB Association USA	Tancredo, Rep. Tom (-CO)	Ankara, Turkey - Istanbul, Turkey Fact-finding trip-caucus on U.S. Turkish relations	$13,616.66
	Biden, Sen. Joe (-DE) 09/02/04-09/06/04	Ambrosetti SpA	Biden, Sen. Joe (-DE)	Lake Como, Italy Ambrosetti's conference titled Intelligence 2004 on the World, on Europe, on Italy	$12,239.00
	Tancredo, Rep. Tom (-CO) 08/15/04-08/24/04	Airbus SAS	Tancredo, Rep. Tom (-CO)	Paris, France - Toulouse, France Aviation fact-finding visit to Airbus headquarters	$11,712.18
	Thompson, Sen. Fred (-TN) 01/22/00-01/24/00	Retail Industry Leaders Association	Thompson, Sen. Fred (-TN)	Naples, FL Speech	$11,417.08
	Clinton, Sen. Hillary Rodham (-NY) 11/11/05-11/14/05	Brookings Institution Saban Center for Middle East Policy	Clinton, Sen. Hillary Rodham (-NY)	Israel Speech, conference, and official meetings	$11,215.00
	Biden, Sen. Joe (-DE) 12/10/05-12/11/05	American Broadcasting Cos. Inc.	Biden, Sen. Joe (-DE)	Washington, DC Appearance on "This Week"	$10,785.00
	Clinton, Sen. Hillary Rodham (-NY) 02/13/05-02/14/05	German Media Prize	Clinton, Sen. Hillary Rodham (-NY)	Germany Speech	$10,687.00
	Tancredo, Rep. Tom (-CO) 04/05/01-04/12/01	Islamic Institute	Tancredo, Rep. Tom (-CO)	Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Doha, Qatar Congressional fact-finding	$9,000.00
	Clinton, Sen. Hillary Rodham (-NY) 02/23/05-02/27/05	India Today	Clinton, Sen. Hillary Rodham (-NY)	Pakistan - New Delhi, India Speech and official meetings	$8,688.00
	Dodd, Sen. Chris (-CT) 11/16/00-11/19/00	U.S.-Spain Council	Dodd, Sen. Chris (-CT)	Valencia, Spain To participate in and speak at annual meeting of U.S.-Spain Council	$8,561.72
	Biden, Sen. Joe (-DE) 08/29/03-08/29/03	Maher Live Inc.	Biden, Sen. Joe (-DE)	Los Angeles, CA Appearance on "Real Time with Bill Maher"	$8,410.75
	Biden, Sen. Joe (-DE) 05/19/03-05/19/03	Emerson College	Biden, Sen. Joe (-DE)	Boston, MA Commencement speech to Emerson College	$7,536.55
	Edwards, Sen. John (-NC) 01/10/01-01/12/01	Walt Disney Co.	Edwards, Sen. John (-NC)	California To attend the corporate alliances summit	$7,492.00
	Biden, Sen. Joe (-DE) 10/11/03-10/12/03	National Broadcasting Co.	Biden, Sen. Joe (-DE)	Washington, DC Appearance on "Meet the Press"	$6,983.90
	Biden, Sen. Joe (-DE) 02/16/05-02/19/05	Maher Live Inc.	Biden, Sen. Joe (-DE)	Los Angeles, CA Appearance on "Real Time with Bill Maher"	$6,585.45
	Clinton, Sen. Hillary Rodham (-NY) 03/25/02-03/27/02	Dublin Chamber of Commerce	Clinton, Sen. Hillary Rodham (-NY)	Dublin, Ireland Fact-finding travel	$6,048.90
	Dodd, Sen. Chris (-CT) 01/25/01-01/29/01	World Economic Forum	Dodd, Sen. Chris (-CT)	Davos, Switzerland Speaking engagement at World Economic Forum annual meeting	$6,038.56
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