Posted on 06/15/2005 5:13:03 AM PDT by Chi-townChief
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), once again disclosing more than the rules require, took four trips paid for by outside interests and has assets of about $900,000, according to annual reports released on Tuesday.
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) requested more time, said spokesman Tommy Vietor. Each year, members of Congress file reports regarding very general information about income, investments, gifts and travel. Durbin, unlike most other officials, provides details. A copy of the report can be found at www.tray.com.
Durbin traveled to Hawaii, Italy, India, Bangladesh and South Africa, according to his report. The non-partisan Aspen Institute paid for two trips and the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations another and the fourth by the taxpayer-funded Democratic Policy Group. These free trips -- not to be confused with official congressional travel -- are the subject of more intense partisan political scrutiny this year.
According to PoliticalMoneyLine, Sen. Paul Sarbanes (D-Md.) took seven free trips last year, followed by Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) with five and Durbin's four. Disclosures of House members become public today.
LOL
CHICAGOLAND PING
Does anyone out there have an up-to-date Chicago/Illinois ping list?
Owns a two bedroom fixer upper in San Fran?
PING.....
I thought the "unpartisan" aspen institute was backed by Soros.
I thought Aspen was a synonym for democratic loyalist?
It's interesting that the spin is that he's disclosing more than he's required to disclose. With all those free trips to go on, it's amazing he has time to do anything else except whine.
Come to think of it, he really doesn't do much of anything else except whine.
put him in JAIL at Illinois taxpayor expense!!! Heil Howard Dean would agree!
Maddie Albright is one of the "active" trustees according to their home page.
Typical spin from the Slum-Times. Dickie Disturbin' ought to face an ethics review.
Wow! And the Chicago Sun-Times, unlike most other newspapers, went to extrordinary lengths to try and show Dickie in the most positive light while disclosing his bad behavior.
Anyone got a link?
Then hang him again for good measure.
Shot, court martialed, and sent to the Russian Front.
Madeline Not-so-bright... who'd have thunk?
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-travel15.html
try this it worked for me.
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