Top 10 Approvers by Member of Congress in 2001 by Cost


Approving member Trips Cost
Resigned  Texas, 22nd RepublicanDeLay, Rep. Tom 45 $147,399.90
Retired  Louisiana, 3rd RepublicanTauzin, Rep. Billy 81 $114,155.71
Alaska, 1st RepublicanYoung, Rep. Don 53 $102,394.40
Retired  California, 22nd RepublicanThomas, Rep. Bill 30 $100,088.55
Resigned  Texas, 8th RepublicanCombest, Rep. Larry 67 $93,951.24
Ran for Other Office  Alaska RepublicanMurkowski, Sen. Frank H 29 $90,626.13
New York, 6th DemocratMeeks, Rep. Gregory 23 $83,374.00
Retired  Ohio, 4th RepublicanOxley, Rep. Michael 59 $80,844.82
Retired  Louisiana DemocratBreaux, Sen. John 37 $80,204.63
Indiana DemocratBayh, Sen. Evan 35 $76,505.64

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At the 1922 dedication of the Lincoln Memorial, African-Americans were assigned to roped-off section, separated from the rest of the crowd by a dirt road.

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