Ic-trips Congressional Travel by Destination Country


Country All Trips Trips Taken by Republicans Trips Taken by Democrats
Number Cost Number Cost Number Cost
Israel 862 $6164029 383 $2929827 477 $3213689
India 291 $2028063 135 $717140 155 $1307603
Italy 241 $2153793 142 $1415537 98 $729791
Indonesia 91 $542537 45 $254105 46 $288432
Ireland 63 $345512 33 $186799 30 $158713
Ivory Coast 10 $32029 5 $16168 5 $15861
Iraq 7 $32337 2 $7213 4 $22040
Iceland 3 $8320 2 $4345 0 $0
8 results
Legend:
Cultural Mecca Cultural Mecca Golfing Golfing Hellhole Hellhole Sin City Sin City Skiing Skiing Tropical Paradise Tropical Paradise

Destination categories are based on the locations traveled to and make no assertions as to the actual activity of the traveler.

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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