An exclusive report that will air tonight on the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC reveals the alarmingly high number of members of Congress who got an all-expense paid trip to Denmark -- on your dime! An embargoed script from Sharyl Attkisson's report:
Few would argue with the US having a presence at the Copenhagen Climate Summit.
NATS OBAMA I'M ALWAYS HOPEFUL
(VO: Denmark beauty shot)
But wait until you hear what we found about how many in Congress got all-expense paid trips to Denmark... on your dime.
(VO)
Our camera spotted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the summit. She called the shots on who got to go.
That's House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer.
And there's the embattled Chairman of the Tax Committee Charles Rangel.
"NATS: YOU TAKIN' CARE OF MR. RANGEL? HE SURE IS!"
(VO)
They were joined by 17 colleagues from both parties: Democrats: Waxman, Miller, Markey, Gordon, Levin, Blumenauer, DeGette, Inslee, Ryan, Butterfield, Cleaver, Giffords, and Republicans: Barton, Upton, Moore Capito, Sullivan, Blackburn.
(ATTKISSON STANDUP)
And that's not the half of it. But finding out more was a bit like trying to get the keys to Ft. Knox. Many referred us to Speaker Pelosi who wouldn't agree to an interview, give cost estimates or even tell us where they all stayed. Her office said it "will comply with disclosure requirements." More>>
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