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 ...
Other People’s Money
The pigs have been at the trough long enough. Time to butcher them
“Something’s rotten in the state of Denmark”!
LOL. Of course they are. Do you think they would be spending money like that if it was their own?
The Democrats know they are in trouble when CBS is reporting this waste of money.
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.
We need to make this message into a bumper sticker.
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.
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.
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.”””””
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.
One of them will soon stand up in Congress and demand that Marriott refund the extra days!
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.
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.
Delta is charging $8,000 for first class.
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?
The liberals I know think this is acceptable, given the cause.
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