Ic-tripsCongressional Travel by Approvers in the Senate


Member Trips Taken Cost Trips Approved Cost
Kansas RepublicanRoberts, Sen. Pat 17 $68711 68 $137017
Rhode Island DemocratReed, Sen. Jack 14 $27416 50 $60413
Nevada DemocratReid, Sen. Harry 3 $11771 84 $210301
West Virginia DemocratRockefeller, Sen. John 4 $4662 43 $101833
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History» Flights of Fancy

Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-Texas) and his chief of staff accepted more than $47,000 in travel to Asia from a company called Asia Access Corp. The owners were convicted in 2006 for a scheme involving smuggling illegal aliens from Asia. The pair described their trips as “fact-finding” and trade-related.

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