Power Trips

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: Wdimitr () aol com
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> Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 02:00:04 EDT
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> > From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2005.
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> American Radio Works: Power Trips
> http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/congtravel/index.html
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> Under rules enacted in 1995, members of Congress are effectively banned from
> accepting any gift worth more than $50, though as this latest investigative
> radio series from the American RadioWorks team demonstrates, it would appear
> that members of the House or Senate are still taking many trips at no cost.
> Working in tandem with a group of graduate students at Northwestern
> University's Medill School of Journalism, the team catalogued every
> privately sponsored trip taken by members of Congress since 2000. They
> discovered that more than $14 million was spent by universities,
> corporations, and other groups to take these influential persons to a
> variety of meetings, presentations, and other functions. On this site,
> visitors can listen to the complete radio presentation, along with obtaining
> information about how much their own representatives travel and who accepts
> the most money in trips. Overall, this site is quite informative and more
> than a bit provocative. [KMG]
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