Wednesday, June 29, 2005

newsobserver.com | Politics-Loophole lets lobbyists pay for Price's travel

newsobserver.com | Politics: "Loophole lets lobbyists pay for Price's travel

By DAN KANE AND LYNN BONNER, Staff Writers

U.S. Rep. David Price, a Chapel Hill Democrat, has landed on a 'Rogues Gallery' of congressmen who have benefited from a loophole in federal lobbying laws.

A joint report by the Center for Public Integrity, American Public Media and Medill News Service found that Price had accepted eight trips worth a combined $71,835 to places such as Barcelona, Moscow and Puerto Vallarta that were paid for by a nonprofit group that lists lobbyists as board members.

Price ranked ninth among the top ten lawmakers in terms of money spent on travel. He was the only member of North Carolina's congressional delegation in the gallery."

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