….Since 2008, the eight current members of the U.S. House and their aides have taken at least 125 privately funded trips at a cost of more than $400,000, according to a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel analysis of travel records. Some are relatively cheap jumps to Maryland or Virginia to speak at conferences. Others are all-expenses-paid trips to Asia or Africa for House members and their spouses or children that can run into the tens of thousands of dollars.
The Journal Sentinel analysis focused on House members because of news last week that the House Ethics Committee had — temporarily — moved to eliminate one of the reporting requirements for such travel.
Of all international destinations, Israel was the most popular for Wisconsin’s lawmakers. Six of the eight representatives and their staff logged at least 10 trips to Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Tiberias from 2011 to 2013. All told, the travelers racked up $121,000 in expenses….
Via Interest groups let Congress travel free @ JS Watchdog Report.