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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Congress Going After Travel Expenses

Congress is on something of a crusade when it comes to agency travel and meeting expenses. This time the focus is on Veterans Affairs, which spent $220,000 for an 11-day conference in Arizona. That's put VA in the hot seat, Federal Times reports. Congress has passed a bill requiring VA to provide quarterly accounting of conference expenses, which would track events involving more than 50 people or that cost more than $20,000. They would also include estimates for future conference expenses. Lawmakers hope the bill will cut down on wasteful spending
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 12, 2011 at 1:31 PM

    Good! Keep them in check! Its our money they are spending.

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  2. FlerndipOctober 12, 2011 at 2:29 PM

    What about Pelosi when she was Speaker flying her and her family all over the country on our dime? She spent way more than $200,000.

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  3. Mr. BrownOctober 12, 2011 at 2:51 PM

    Exactly Flerndip... I'm all about accountability, and stopping wasteful spending, but are they also going to be held to these same standards? Of course not, they never are. It's time for the PEOPLE to show the government who's boss...

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