The spouses, children and siblings of U.S. House members are traveling around the world on trips paid for by special interest groups.
They are the U.S. House’s frequent fliers — representatives who have traveled the country and the world on official business paid for by private interest groups. Over the past decade, they have accepted nearly $4.3 million for airfare, lodging, meals and other travel expenses.Almost one-third of those payments — just over $1.4 million — covered the costs for a lawmaker’s relative to join the trip.
Illinois Democrat Jan Schakowsky brought her lobbyist husband, Robert Creamer, on 22 trips, staying in luxury hotels in London, Prague, Istanbul and São Paulo, among other destinations. Private sponsors, most frequently Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit The Aspen Institute, paid nearly $135,000 for Creamer’s travel since 2012, records show.Schakowsky described the “educational” trips as “no walk in the park.
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