Monday, December 7, 2009

You think Congress learned their lesson? Think again!

This From The The Progress Report

"Despite rule changes meant to curb congressional junkets, "some lawmakers and even their families continue to take trips hosted by private groups and companies that revel in their access to Washington power brokers." An examination by The New York Times "of 1,150 trips shows that some of them bent or broke rules adopted in 2007 to limit corporate influence in Washington." The NYTimes article