With change on the horizon, privately funded travel plummets

By Robert Brodsky

Trips by lawmakers and staffers decline by nearly 50 percent, recent data show

Excerpts from this story referencing "defense contractor":

"… considerably, those of others plummeted.General Atomics, a San Diego-based defense contractor, was the top corporate sponsor of travel in the Center's last study, spend …"

Unregistered advocates?

By Anupama Narayanswamy and Alex Knott

Influential groups sponsoring $20 million in travel not registered to lobby

Excerpts from this story referencing "Ripon Educational Fund":

"… as Public Citizen for acting on behalf of corporate entities.Both the Ripon Educational Fund and the Ripon Society, for example, had at least one lobbyist se …"

Flouting the rule on lobbyist-paid travel

By Robert Brodsky

Review finds at least 90 apparent ethics violations

Excerpts from this story referencing "Ripon Educational Fund":

"… ve lawmakers then traveled to a conference in London sponsored by the Ripon Educational Fund. Kessler and Associates founder Richard Kessler was on the board of the Ri …"

"… nd. Kessler and Associates founder Richard Kessler was on the board of the Ripon Educational Fund and is president of the formerly affiliated Ripon Society.Matthews attribu …"

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So much travel in so little time

By Robert Brodsky

Former DeLay staffer racked up $85,000 in travel in 26 months

Excerpts from this story referencing "Ripon Educational Fund":

"… 11, when the Hirschmanns spent eight days in Scotland courtesy of the Ripon Educational Fund, a GOP-associated think tank with close ties to lobbying interests that in …"

Traveling on the Abramoff plan

By Steve Henn

Dozens of members of Congress have accepted trips from non-profits with registered lobbyists on their boards

Excerpts from this story referencing "Ripon Educational Fund":

"… RS code does not define what it means by "substantial."One such group, the Ripon Educational Fund, spent more than $1.3 million dollars sponsoring a single conference in Lo …"

"… rate representatives, according to Ripon board members. That same year the Ripon Educational Fund spent just $10,000 underwriting a single university scholarship.At the tim …"

"… from the lobbyist to the non-profit group.As a former board member of the Ripon Educational Fund and the current president of the Ripon Society, Kessler and Associates fou …"

"… ional Chamber Foundation, the National Parks Conservation Association, the Ripon Educational Fund, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the United States-Spain Council and the Unit …"