Road trip: (you pay half)

News item:

Bush to Stay at Texas Ranch a Month

It's billed as a working vacation, but fund-raisers — at the rate of one every five days — will fill President Bush's schedule during his monthlong stay in August at his Texas ranch.

Continuing his drive to raise at least $170 million, seeking a Republican nomination for which he faces no opponent, Bush is mixing public policy events, mostly on the West Coast, with six fund-raisers in Colorado, California, Oregon, Washington and Minnesota. The practice allows the administration, in certain cases, to bill taxpayers for half the travel costs of the political activity.

"The president looks forward to traveling throughout the heartland to highlight his initiatives to preserve our natural resources and protect American jobs," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Tuesday in announcing the president's August schedule.

posted by Quiddity at 8/02/2003 04:36:00 PM