John Cornyn Racks Up Senate's Highest Travel Bill

Submitted by Allen Gwinn on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 15:17.

Senators John Cornyn and Chuck Schumer each spent more than $140,000 in taxpayer money on travel in the first half of the fiscal year — roughly 10 times as much as some of their thriftier colleagues.

Cornyn, a Republican, racked up the highest travel bill in the Senate by spending more than $38,000 on a St. Michaels, Md., retreat for 59 staffers and by taking expensive, multicity charter flights throughout his home state of Texas.

Read the story at The Politico

As they explain such high

Submitted by Fleur (not verified) on Mon, 08/10/2009 - 04:32.

As they explain such high costs? Or they may have partially paid?

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