Stitch Force One – the updated numbers

Speaker Pelosi has a history of wasting taxpayer funds with her boorish demands for military travel. And these documents suggest the Speaker’s congressional delegations are more about partying than anything else,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.

  • Speaker Pelosi used Air Force aircraft to travel back to her district at an average cost of $28,210.51 per flight. The average cost of an international CODEL is $228,563.33. Of the 103 Pelosi-led congressional delegations (CODEL), 31 trips included members of the House Speaker’s family.
  • One CODEL traveling from Washington, DC, through Tel Aviv, Israel to Baghdad, Iraq May 15-20, 2008, “to discuss matters of mutual concern with government leaders” included members of Congress and their spouses and cost $17,931 per hour in aircraft alone. Purchases for the CODEL included: Johnny Walker Red scotch, Grey Goose vodka, E&J brandy, Bailey’s Irish Crème, Maker’s Mark whiskey, Courvoisier cognac, Bacardi Light rum, Jim Beam whiskey, Beefeater gin, Dewars scotch, Bombay Sapphire gin, Jack Daniels whiskey, Corona beer and several bottles of wine.
  • According to a “Memo for Record” from a March 29—April 7, 2007, CODEL that involved a stop in Israel, “CODEL could only bring Kosher items into the Hotel. Kosher alcohol for mixing beverages in the Delegation room was purchased on the local economy i.e. Bourbon, Whiskey, Scotch, Vodka, Gin, Triple Sec, Tequila, etc.”
  • The Department of Defense advanced a CODEL of 56 members of Congress and staff $60,000 to travel to Louisiana and Mississippi July 19-22, 2008, to “view flood relief advances from Hurricane Katrina.” The three-day trip cost the U.S. Air Force $65,505.46, exceeding authorized funding by $5,505.46.

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    One Comment

    1. SANDI GREEN
      Posted February 14, 2010 at 12:02 am | Permalink

      WHEN IS SOMEONE GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS POLITICIAN GONE CRAZY??

      HAS SHE ACTUALLY HEARD THE AMERICAN PEOPLE? SHE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT ANYONE OTHER THAN HERSELF!! SHE AND HER HUSBAND HAVE BECOME MILLIONAIRES BY DOING BUISNESS OUTSIDE THE US AND NOT HAVING TO FOLLOW THE LAWS THAT OTHER AMERICANS MUST FOLLOW.

      SOMEONE MUST STOP THIS OUTRAGEOUS SPENDING ON AIR FORCE JETS AND MULTIMILLION DOLLAR TRIPS OF QUESTIONABLE REASON. THIS IS OUR, THE TAXPAYERS, MONEY…..NOT HERS TO USE AS SHE PLEASES.

      DOES ANYONE IN THE GOVERNMENTHAVE THE NERVE TO QUESTION HER OUTRAGEOUS SPENDING??

      WHERE ARE OUR AMERICAN VALUES?…THEY ARE DOWN THE CRAPPER!!

      SANDI GREEN
      COLUMBUS, GA