[MikefromOhio]

"Sometimes they run late because the people who are responsible for inviting you have to get you all the receipts and they are so slow," Waters said.

Yeah but it doesn't take 8 years Maxine like your buddy Steny took to report his. This smells like the Congressional Check Cashing scandal smelled....

[lilylangtree]

After trying to fry Tom DeLay for weeks, we know hear the real truth.

[airborne]

Stacey Bernards, a spokeswoman for the Maryland Democrat, said the office searched the files after the travel issue was raised initially by "Republicans doing opposition research to deflect from their own ethical issues."

I wonder, how many trips has she been on at taxpayer expence?

[mewzilla]

Hoist again.

[end socialism now]

"Staff members for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., disclosed 11 prior trips"

Yeah, but 8 of those trips were probably to abortion clinics and keeping them secret protected her privacy. Lets be fair.

[CyberAnt]

"A spokesman for Gutierrez said the seven-term lawmaker did not know of his obligation to file the required travel disclosure reports."


This statement is my favorite. A 7-term congressperson and he didn't know ..?? How the heck do these IDIOTS get elected to office in the first place ..?? Obviously, they have a district of dumb-downed constituents.

[taxesareforever]

Now the blame game begins with the demorats. "Not my fault" rings throughout the halls of Congress. It is a wonder that anyone holds respect for members of Congress.

[savedbygrace]

Larry Margasak wrote this? We've been secretly transported to an alternate reality universe.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Well...well...well. Lookee what we have here.

[Bar-Face]

I find it VERY disturbing that these people making $150,000+ a year plus the best perks there are, still accept money and FREE trips from people that expect things in return. Republicrat, Democan it doesn't seem to matter. It looks like the majority of them are just in it for the freebies. If it looks like a bribe, sounds like a bribe or smells like a bribe, it probably IS a bribe.
I think the one that disappointed me the most was Rep. Bob Beauprez, R-Colo. I thought this guy was a straight shooter, but it looks to me like he is just another two bit politician.

[RippleFire]

bump

[Sen Jack S. Fogbound]

I posted this earlier this month to add to this. It is very interesting reading:

How much did the Congressional Respresentatives get for their trip?

Marketplace, American RadioWorks ^ | 5/04/2005 | Steve Henn

Posted on 05/04/2005 1:31:08 PM CDT by Sen Jack S. Fogbound

Here is the Top 100 trip makers by our respresentatives since 2000.

Top 100 Trip Takers

John Breaux - Democratic Party - $158,311.92

Robert Wexler - Democratic Party - $155,137.21

Gene Green - Democratic Party - $153,873.02

Maurice Hinchey - Democratic Party - $152,169.25

Cal Dooley - Democratic Party - $148,562.50

Evan Bayh - Democratic Party - $142,884.94

Maxine Waters - Democratic Party - $132,219.23

James Clyburn - Democratic Party - $129,540.79

Philip English - Republican Party - $129,231.54

Jim McDermott - Democratic Party - $128,725.91

Harold Rogers - Republican Party - $126,882.93

Gregory Meeks - Democratic Party - $126,690.08

John Boehner - Republican Party - $126,537.08

F. James Sensenbrenner - Republican Party - $126,424.65

James Greenwood - Republican Party - $121,890.57

George Miller - Democratic Party - $119,368.70

Richard Lugar - Republican Party - $113,279.68

Ed Pastor - Democratic Party - $111,438.89

Philip Crane - Republican Party - $109,994.72

Donald Payne - Democratic Party - $105,503.23

David Price - Democratic Party - $105,047.18

Dana Rohrabacher - Republican Party - $102,982.41

Ander Crenshaw - Republican Party - $102,967.56

Howard Berman - Democratic Party - $97,203.35

Paul Sarbanes - Democratic Party - $93,045.01

Joseph Biden - Democratic Party - $90,906.28

Lloyd Doggett - Democratic Party - $86,084.67

Don Nickles - Republican Party - $84,171.90

Tom DeLay - Republican Party - $82,390.71

Shelley Berkley - Democratic Party - $82,359.05

Solomon Ortiz - Democratic Party - $80,835.45

Henry Waxman - Democratic Party - $80,306.69

Joseph Crowley - Democratic Party - $79,807.23

Don Young - Republican Party - $79,615.31

Tom Lantos - Democratic Party - $79,005.14

Jesse Jr. Jackson - Democratic Party - $77,858.53

John Duncan, Jr. - Republican Party - $77,042.33

Doug Bereuter - Republican Party - $77,005.14

Thomas Allen - Democratic Party - $75,722.97

Todd Tiahrt - Republican Party - $69,791.20

Michael Castle - Republican Party - $69,671.29

Rush Holt - Democratic Party - $67,950.43

Eliot Engel - Democratic Party - $67,471.23

Stephanie Jones - Democratic Party - $67,331.76

Sherrod Brown - Democratic Party - $66,203.33

David Obey - Democratic Party - $65,838.01

Barbara Lee - Democratic Party - $65,321.21

Tom Udall - Democratic Party - $63,597.18

Frank Murkowski - Republican Party - $63,519.79

Jim McCrery - Republican Party - $62,008.52

Howard Coble - Republican Party - $61,874.65

Bob Graham - Democratic Party - $61,696.90

Pete Sessions - Republican Party - $61,619.49

Constance Morella - Republican Party - $60,701.60

Barbara Boxer - Democratic Party - $60,233.91

Christopher Shays - Republican Party - $59,719.83

Barney Frank - Democratic Party - $59,676.55

W.J. Tauzin - Republican Party - $59,539.21

Michael Oxley - Republican Party - $59,393.68

Olympia Snowe - Republican Party - $58,526.22

Rick Boucher - Democratic Party - $58,098.38

Janice Schakowsky - Democratic Party - $57,822.06

Ed Whitfield - Republican Party - $57,529.98

Harold Ford, Jr. - Democratic Party - $57,430.59

Mike Thompson - Democratic Party - $57,121.06

Charles Stenholm - Democratic Party - $56,150.96

Melvin Watt - Democratic Party - $55,372.62

Wally Herger - Republican Party - $55,169.64

Jim Kolbe - Republican Party - $54,720.66

Pat Roberts - Republican Party - $54,681.41

Sander Levin - Democratic Party - $54,494.71

Corrine Brown - Democratic Party - $54,351.70

Jerry Weller - Republican Party - $54,059.60

Sam Farr - Democratic Party - $53,380.53

Bob Barr - Republican Party - $53,297.98

Dennis Moore - Democratic Party - $52,678.44

Tom Sawyer - Democratic Party - $52,286.35

Eni Faleomavaega - Democratic Party - $52,197.42

Danny Davis - Democratic Party - $52,074.72

Loretta Sanchez - Democratic Party - $51,651.58

David Hobson - Republican Party - $50,586.60

Earl Blumenauer - Democratic Party - $50,465.15

Ted Stevens - Republican Party - $50,393.02

Bob Etheridge - Democratic Party - $49,911.23

Scott McInnis - Republican Party - $49,852.59

Eva Clayton - Democratic Party - $49,852.19

Joe Barton - Republican Party - $49,534.95

Nancy Johnson - Republican Party - $49,515.85

Ernie Fletcher - Republican Party - $49,404.30

Nick Rahall, II - Democratic Party - $48,345.99

William Thomas - Republican Party - $47,594.15

Christopher Dodd - Democratic Party - $47,135.32

Kent Conrad - Democratic Party - $46,647.38

Robert Ney - Republican Party - $46,095.35

Richard Burr - Republican Party - $45,871.40

William Jefferson - Democratic Party - $45,372.86

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen - Republican Party - $44,971.00

Darrell Issa - Republican Party - $44,956.65

Amo Houghton - Republican Party - $44,539.43

James Moran - Democratic Party - $43,531.49

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