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As we've often pointed out, the junketeers on these trips include not only the members of Congress, but also members of their staffs. The New Republic's Michael Crowley Michael Crowley is an American journalist, and currently senior editor and columnist at The New Republic magazine. He is also a frequent contributor to GQ magazine, Slate.com, the Readers Digest, and the Washington City Paper.  recently interviewed a female staffer who enjoyed paid trips to China, Taiwan, Hawaii, New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
, Seattle, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Los Angeles, and New Orleans. "We always stay at the nicest hotels and eat out at super-nice, trendy restaurants."
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Title Annotation:congress members enjoy overseas trips
Author:Peters, Charles
Publication:Washington Monthly
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jul 1, 2005
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