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Colin Peterson is the only Minnesotan on the list. 

There may be nothing inappropriate with this … assuming that the person actually performed work and was compensated at a level consistent with others doing similiar work … or if the work was also done for other Congresspersons.

Do you know anything about this ?

Although it goes back over a number of years, the report only deals with the current Congress so Sabo, Kennedy and Gutknecht would not be considered in CREW's reporting.  Also, they only looked at the House and not the Senate.

These are available in a couple different places, I'm partial to Open Secrets myself. 

Interestingly, while Bachmann has a 2005 disclosure on file from her candidacy, there isn't a 2006 one available yet.  She's one of the last to have neither a filing or extension noted.  I haven't yet been able to verify whether that's due to slowness in the House Clerk's office, or whether Bachmann failed to file.  (Klobuchar's appeared online late yesterday.)

The Mankato Free Press ripped Gutknecht for his travels, so I suspect that he should have had some trips.  I thought he attended the same event as Kline. What about trips paid for Congressional Staff ?

You mention Bachmann … but if this is 2006 data, what good does it do to have her tell the public what trips were paid for AFTER she was elected.  The timing of this report seems to be too late.

Have you looked at Norm Coleman's report ?

Sen. Norm Coleman and his staff, who took 94 trips worth more than $175,000 during a five-year period according to a study by the Center for Public Integrity.

And in 2007, Coleman took a trip on April 5th trip to speak at the Ventura County Republican Party gathering. In 2005, he listed on his report that he spoke at a similar gathering … so for consistency sake, I would think it should be reported?  For future reports, how would he account for his June 3 trip to Houston Texas where he attended a benefit for the Good Government Fund ?

Are these reports accessible on the web ? What's the address ?

You mention Bachmann … but if this is 2006 data, what good does it do to have her tell the public what trips were paid for AFTER she was elected.  The timing of this report seems to be too late.

Have you looked at Norm Coleman’s report ?
Sen. Norm Coleman and his staff, who took 94 trips worth more than $175,000 during a five-year period according to a study by the Center for Public Integrity.
And in 2007, Coleman took a trip on April 5th trip to speak at the Ventura County Republican Party gathering. In 2005, he listed on his report that he spoke at a similar gathering … so for consistency sake, I would think it should be reported?  For future reports, how would he account for his June 3 trip to Houston Texas where he attended a benefit for the Good Government Fund ?
Are these reports accessible on the web ? What’s the address ?

These are available in a couple different places, I’m partial to Open Secrets myself. 

Interestingly, while Bachmann has a 2005 disclosure on file from her candidacy, there isn’t a 2006 one available yet.  She’s one of the last to have neither a filing or extension noted.  I haven’t yet been able to verify whether that’s due to slowness in the House Clerk’s office, or whether Bachmann failed to file.  (Klobuchar’s appeared online late yesterday.)

Although it goes back over a number of years, the report only deals with the current Congress so Sabo, Kennedy and Gutknecht would not be considered in CREW’s reporting.  Also, they only looked at the House and not the Senate.