Posted by Jonathan Adler: They Love to Fly and It Shows: http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_06_28-2009_07_04.shtml#1246568742
The WSJ [1]reports the cost of taxpayer funded trips by members of Congress has been increasing dramatically. Costs are up 50 percent since the Democrats took control of Congress in 2007; up 70 percent since 2005, when a ban on lobbyist-funded travel was imposed, and have tripled since 2001. References 1. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124650399438184235.html _______________________________________________ Volokh mailing list Volokh@lists.powerblogs.com http://lists.powerblogs.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volokh