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Congress Went to Denmark, You Got the Bill
CBS News ^ | Jan. 25, 2010 | Sharyl Attkisson

Posted on 01/25/2010 4:59:55 PM PST by Species8472

(CBS) 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.

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.

Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., is a key climate change player. He went to Copenhagen last year. Last week, we asked him about the $2,200-a-day bill for room and food.

"I can't believe that," Rep. Waxman said. "I can't believe it, but I don't know."

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: climate; copenhagen; corruption; spending
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1 posted on 01/25/2010 4:59:56 PM PST by Species8472
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To: Species8472

Other People’s Money


2 posted on 01/25/2010 5:01:33 PM PST by La Lydia
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To: Species8472

The pigs have been at the trough long enough. Time to butcher them


3 posted on 01/25/2010 5:04:17 PM PST by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: Species8472

“Something’s rotten in the state of Denmark”!


4 posted on 01/25/2010 5:04:37 PM PST by mathprof
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To: Species8472
CBS News asked members of Congress and staff about whether they're mindful that it's public tax dollars they're spending

LOL. Of course they are. Do you think they would be spending money like that if it was their own?

5 posted on 01/25/2010 5:06:16 PM PST by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: Species8472

The Democrats know they are in trouble when CBS is reporting this waste of money.


6 posted on 01/25/2010 5:07:16 PM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: Species8472; Liz; onyx; STARWISE; maggief; Bahbah

Immediately after BO talks about cutting the budget at the SOTU, CSPAN lines whould be flooded with the statistics of BO (and others) travel expenses.


7 posted on 01/25/2010 5:12:38 PM PST by hoosiermama (ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
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To: Species8472

We need to make this message into a bumper sticker.


8 posted on 01/25/2010 5:12:49 PM PST by RandallFlagg (30-year smoker, E-Cigs helped me quit, and O wants me back smoking again?)
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Pelosi's office did offer an explanation for the high room charges. Those who stayed just two nights were charged a six-night minimum at the five-star Marriott.

Brilliant

Flights weren't cheap, either. They paid government rates -- $5-10,000 each --

$10K to fly to Denmark? WTF?

You may ask how they'll negotiate a climate treaty, if they can't get a better deal on hotel rooms.

No kiddin'.

In fairness, many attendees told us they did a lot of hard work, and the laid groundwork for a future global treaty.

Ya, sure, whatever.

9 posted on 01/25/2010 5:12:59 PM PST by Grim (I'm voting for Sarah)
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To: Species8472

Obama has got to know he is in trouble when very liberal CBS News writes this scathing report of the Copenhagen Global Warming trip and includes a sentence like this in their report-—

“Those who stayed just two nights were charged a six-night minimum at the five-star Marriott. One staffer said, they strongly objected to no avail. You may ask how they’ll negotiate a climate treaty, if they can’t get a better deal on hotel rooms.”


10 posted on 01/25/2010 5:20:44 PM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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In this really CBS NEWS that said this!!!!!!

“””You may ask how they’ll negotiate a climate treaty, if they can’t get a better deal on hotel rooms.”””””


11 posted on 01/25/2010 5:22:23 PM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: paul51

I bet if it was their own money they wouldnt say they didnt know how much it was.

This was a bi-partisan feeding at the trough.


12 posted on 01/25/2010 5:24:05 PM PST by Venturer
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2437179/posts


13 posted on 01/25/2010 5:32:31 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
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spouses, a doctor, a protocol proctologist expert and even a photographer.

There fixed it. With all those a$$holes, it seemed more appropriate.
14 posted on 01/25/2010 5:32:49 PM PST by crosshairs
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One of them will soon stand up in Congress and demand that Marriott refund the extra days!


15 posted on 01/25/2010 5:33:24 PM PST by Oldexpat
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To: Species8472

There was only one person who needed to go — Senator Inhofe — to tell everyone that there was no way this would get all the way through Congress.


16 posted on 01/25/2010 5:33:43 PM PST by StevieB
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To: Species8472

There was only one person who needed to go — Senator Inhofe — to tell everyone that there was no way this would get all the way through Congress.


17 posted on 01/25/2010 5:34:00 PM PST by StevieB
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To: Grim

Delta is charging $8,000 for first class.


18 posted on 01/25/2010 5:34:47 PM PST by benjibrowder (For Neda. May God bless those fighting for freedom.)
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To: Grim

who stayed just two nights were charged a six-night minimum at the five-star Marriott.

Brilliant

Flights weren’t cheap, either. They paid government rates — $5-10,000 each —

$10K to fly to Denmark? WTF?


So wait, they HAD TO STAY IN Marriot, 5 STAR HOTEL FOR 6 DAY MINIMUM. Gee ya think they might have been able to find a hotel that did NOT HAVE 6 day MIN. Stay ???!!!


19 posted on 01/25/2010 5:37:55 PM PST by Freedom56v2 ("If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait till it is free"--PJ O'rourke)
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To: paul51

The liberals I know think this is acceptable, given the cause.


20 posted on 01/25/2010 5:40:22 PM PST by Loud Mime (Liberalism is a Socialist Disease)
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