Comments on: Boehner Opposes Sweeping Lobbying Reform

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 21:44:24 +0000

McGehee: Public funding of election campaigns is problematic for a variety of reasons. But, surely, paying for business trips is well within the realm of legitimate expenditure of public funds? This would require some actual business rationale for the trips, of course.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 21:38:11 +0000

"The question, though, is why not simply have the taxpayers fund trips rather than groups or citizens with business before the Congress?"

Why don't we just have taxpayers pay for their re-election campaigns too while we're at it?

By: Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator

Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 12:50:27 +0000

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