Congressional Travel by Destination Country


Country All Trips Trips Taken by Republicans Trips Taken by Democrats
Number Cost Number Cost Number Cost
United States 25298 $32200676 15025 $18887463 10021 $13096495
United Kingdom 360 $2163087 254 $1570493 105 $590052
Ukraine 23 $78089 12 $41339 11 $36750
United Arab Emirates 22 $216725 15 $135805 7 $80920
Uganda 15 $74631 7 $41126 8 $33505
Uruguay 3 $4446 1 $1223 2 $3223
Uzbekistan 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0
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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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