Congress Went to Denmark, You Got the Bill (Bipartisan spending spree at taxpayer's expense)

CBS ^ | 1/25/2010 | Sharyl Attkisson

[tobyhill]

Thanks to a recently filed Congressional expense reports there's new light shed on the Copenhagen Climate Summit in Denmark and how much it cost taxpayers.

CBS News Investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson reports official filings and our own investigation show at least 106 people from the House and Senate attended - spouses, a doctor, a protocol expert and even a photographer.

Read the Congressional Expense Report

For 15 Democratic and 6 Republican Congressmen, food and rooms for two nights cost $4,406 tax dollars each. That's $2,200 a day - more than most Americans spend on their monthly mortgage payment.

CBS News asked members of Congress and staff about whether they're mindful that it's public tax dollars they're spending. Many said they had never even seen the bills or the expense reports.

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[originalbuckeye]

Their ‘let them eat cake’ attitude towards We, the People, will come back to bite them in 2010. And yes, the Republicans will be vulnerable too, in the Primaries.

[ColdOne]

This is going to stop.....They do not know what they have stirred up.... It has been going on for to long.

[BARLF]

A name for these congress critters?

Well, not that name............Actual name the one his/her paycheck.

[edcoil]

Its OK, it was bi-partisian.

[edcoil]

Its OK, it was bi-partisian. See how much can be accomplished when both sides of the alley work together.

[Neverforget01]

Of course the President will rail on “fat cat” bankers. Washington needs to look in the mirror.

[DUMBGRUNT]

Security Officer # 1,2 and 3 Security?

Somebody to carry all the bags??

Crime is very bad in Denmark?

[Freedom56v2]

Well, according to Gibbs, as we are living vicariously thru the president and enjoy seeing him party, let the good times roll/sarc!!!!!!!!!!

[SeattleBruce]

Wow, CBS? Nothin’ like jumpin’ on the bandwagon WAY TOO LATE...

Hey CBS do you think its gunna help your ratings to jump on the Tea Party bandwagon now?

What a bunch of ingoramuses...

What’s tomorrow’s headline CBS - Obama still buoyed by 60% approval ratings...

ROTFLLMAO

Uh, better one truthful report than never. Even a broken clock...

[okie01]

Flights weren't cheap, either. Fifty-nine House and Senate staff flew commercial during the Copenhagen rush. They paid government rates -- $5-10,000 each -- totaling $408,064. Add three military jets -- $168,351 just for flight time -- and the bill tops $1.1 million dollars -- not including all the Obama administration officials who attended: well over 60.

I guess Congress doesn't fly Tourist, huh?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks tobyhill.

• The Bum Rap on Biofuels
• Campaign to vilify ethanol revealed

[Oldexpat]

The fortunate thing is that the conference was a flop. But that many commie libs on one subject and it is bound to fail.

[vpintheak]

Criminals, all of them are criminals. Throw the bums out! Then prosecute. This is theft of all of our money people!

[RocketMan1]

Here

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2437189/posts

[Tainan]

They went to a bust-up confab in Copenhagen and I didn’t even get a t-shirt from the spend-thrift bastids.