Sentences with phrase «congressional junkets»

MacArthur - paid congressional junkets: 5 trips to 2 destinations, Chicago, Illinois and Istanbul, Turkey.

What galls me most about Any government connected enterprise is the five hundred requisition forms, the three thousand government lawyers, the two hundred appropriations bills and tax riders with the endless meetings, environmental and feasibility studies, the exploratory congressional junkets, along with all the absolutely necessary secretaries, congressional assistants, cocktail parties, ground breaking ceremonies, news briefs and conferences it takes for the government to so much as buy a damn paper clip.

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