Database of all sponsored trips by Members of Congress since 2000.

[barbaraann]

"Reforms in recent years have made many of the lush perks once enjoyed by Congress disappear. But not all, certainly not travel. That's the conclusion of an investigation by Marketplace, American RadioWorks, and a team of graduate students from Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism, who cataloged every privately sponsored trip taken by members of the House or Senate since 2000. The result: Over $14 million spent by corporations, universities, and other outside interests, sending representatives around the world, for sometimes questionable reasons."

http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/congtravel/index.html

It's beyond outrageous.

[Roland99]

1. America - Government of the people by the corporations.