Members of Congress spent at least $14.7 million on taxpayer-funded foreign travel in fiscal year 2016, a 24 percent increase over the year before,USA Today reported.
The news outlet reports the bill includes 557 overseas trips, or 40 percent of all the individual congressional travels, ringing in at $10,000 per trip at least, according to accounting of the trips in the Congressional Record.
None of the totals include other trips for which the military provides transportation; USA Today reported.
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This expense plus the millions Obama and family accrued with their foreign travels, personal and what should have been reimbursed through his campaign, will save Pres Trump millions possibly billion
ReplyDeleteThey don't fly coach, stay at Motel 6, and don't eat at McDonald's. That's just the way it is.
ReplyDeleteTERM LIMITS!
ReplyDeleteI bet it's less in the next 4 years.
ReplyDeleteNYC spends $500,000 per day for security at Trump Tower. More has been spent securing Mar-a-lago since January than Obama Vacations last year
DeleteThe extravagance must stop. This is MY money being wasted like this. ENOUGH is ENOUGH.
ReplyDelete10:11 ALL presidents have been protected over the years, so get over yourself. This is NOT going to change. period.
POLS shouldn't be spending our tax dollars this way.
Obama & his cronies lived it up for
ReplyDeletethe past 8 years. I don't care it
it cost twice as much to protect
Donalds' property-----he's worth it
in the long run because he'll cut
where things Need cutting!!