Issues Wire: Campaign Finance Reform http://issueswire.com Latest news releases for Campaign Finance Reform from Issues Wire via PRWeb en Issues Wire via PRWeb http://issueswire.com/images_v4/issueswire/logo_issueswire.jpg http://issueswire.com 163 62 xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 Congressmen and Staff Take $57 Million in Trips Paid by Private Interests, Says LegiStorm http://issueswire.com/releases/2007/07/prweb538312.htm LegiStorm has released a new, free, searchable web database revealing more than 27,000 trips costing $57 million that members of Congress and their staff have taken courtesy of private interests since Jan. 1, 2000. With user-friendly icons, the newly designed site at http://www.legistorm.com identifies trips to tropical paradises, golf and ski resorts, cultural meccas, and even hellholes. The LegiStorm site correlates trips with special events that may have attracted the attention of lucky travelers, whether the Wimbledon tennis tournament or the Paris Air Show. (Issues Wire Jul 10, 2007)

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