Cornyn, Schumer top travel spenders


	Cornyn, Schumer top travel spenders

masbury

6-11-2009 1:20 PM

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masbury says:

Each has spent more than $140k this year alone, more than 10X what some others spend. Like charters rather than scheduled flights.

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6-12-2009 5:08 AM

darkeforce

Your hard-earned tax-dollars at play.

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                                Senators John Cornyn and Chuck Schumer have done a lot of jet-setting on the company dime, Politico reports. Each has spent more than $140,000 on travel this year alone, as much as 10 times what some colleagues spend. Cornyn, a Republican, racked up the biggest bill, which included the tab for taking 59 staffers on a $38,000 Maryland retreat. He also routinely takes pricey, multi-city charter flights through Texas.
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                        Schumer, meanwhile, routinely took charter flights to New York, even when commercial flights were available. The senators say the charter flights let them efficiently visit their states’ disparate districts. But other big-state legislators have managed to be more frugal—Cornyn’s fellow Texan Kay Bailey Hutchison spent $88,000, half Cornyn’s total. They’re not the only big spenders, either: Others over $100,000 include Patty Murray, Bob Corker, and Kit Bond.
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