House Republicans outspent their Democratic counterparts in taxpayer-funded travel expenditures by nearly $8 million since the start of 2023, a new OpenSecrets analysis found.
Eight out of the top 10 biggest spenders between the start of 2023 to March 2024 were Republican members of Congress. They accounted for 7% of total taxpayer-funded travel spending by GOP members of Congress and with each of the top spenders spending two to five times more than the average House office.
The total travel spending reported by House Republicans’ offices exceeded $23 million from January 2023 to March 2024 — nearly $8 million more than House Democrats spent on travel during the same period. Despite having only a seven-member majority, House Republicans have significantly outspent Democrats. Congressional offices of House Republicans spent around $102,000 on average for travel during that period, while the average spent by House Democrats sat around $70,000, according to the House Statement of Disbursements.
According to the Congressional Management Foundation, the average total annual budget of a House office is around $1.5 million, which is distributed across a variety of […]
I am not at all surprised. The GOP is not a party that believes or acts in the interest of the common man. That said, the overall gestalt has taken a powerful turn where money and profit lead in all areas. Overall, Congress is profit driven with many of its members taking home what amounts to large sums applied to ‘bribery’ which then results in legislation. One has only to examine bills passed and who profits, industry to senators and representatives.
Here’s link from 2022 that shines a light on Congress and various investments and payoffs. This link provides some data… but it’s only small data reveal compared to what is really happening. “Members of Congress outperformed the S&P 500—sometimes by huge amounts”—Fortune, January 2024
Men like Mitch McConnell who’ve been in Congress for years, have enabled individuals and companies to bring in big money.
https://fortune.com/2024/01/03/members-of-congress-profit-from-stocks-2023/
This is only one year. The Grand Theft has been going on for decades. Bribes for legislation, etc.
Here’s another revealing link. https://www.opensecrets.org/personal-finances