Bush Administration Travel Budget
The article that I chose for my current events paper came from the New York Times, on September 25, 2002. The title of the article is ??°Cheney??s Travel Budget Raises Eyebrows??±. It was written by Katherine Q. Seelye.
Vice President Dick Cheney??s staff is asking Congress for an additional $100, 000 for his travel budget this year. Administration officials say it is for ??°additional unplanned official trips??± related to the aftermath of the September 11th attacks. Democrats suggest the money is being used for political trips in this campaign season. Mr. Cheney is given $386,000 appropriated by Congress, for the fiscal year. He has already spent that sum, as well as an additional $50,000 Congress gives him for unanticipated travel. In 1994, the comparable year for President Bill Clinton, former Vice President Al Gore was allocated $164,000 and spent only $51,000 of that amount. When asked his opinion about the
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