James Sensenbrenner

To Get Around Ban On Financing Lawmaker Trips, Corporations Turn To Non-Profits

Zachary Roth | December 7, 2009, 10:22AM

The New York Times sheds light on the hot new tactic for lawmakers who want to get around Congressional ethics rules that ban corporate-financed travel. Just use a non-profit group -- which aren't subject to the ban -- as a pass through for corporate money.

That's how it seems to have worked when Republican congressmen James Sensenbrenner and Tom Price traveled to Liechtenstein in February to learn about its banking system -- as well as to visit a ski resort and tour the Prince of Lichtenstein's wine cellar.

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Topics: James Sensenbrenner, Lobbyists, Tom Price