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Press Gaggle by Dana Perino 09/21/06 (Topic: Political Campaign Travel Expenses)
— Thursday, September 21, 2006 — Q I'm wondering about the trip, is there going to be any official business that the President is doing on this trip? MS. PERINO: I believe that we just have two political events. Q So this trip is paid for by whom? MS. PERINO: There's a whole formula for that, that's dealt with in terms of the campaigns, through the RNC -- I don't know how that whole formula works out, but there is one that deals with the political costs of the trip.* Q This is not on the taxpayers' dime? MS. PERINO: The political part of the trip is not on the taxpayers' dime, no. Q There is no other part of the trip that isn't political? MS. PERINO: Let me try to get you the formula, because I don't have it with me. ... (Footnote from end of transcript) *A formula is applied that comes from regulations that have been used since at least the Reagan Administration. The percentage of time spent on political activity and official activity is determined from a particular trip. Then, the total cost of the trip, less security costs, is allocated based on the percentage of time spent on political and official activity. The government pays for the official percentage of the activity, the political entity pays for the percentage of the costs that are related to political activity. When the President travels and there is a political event on the schedule, the government does not incur any additional costs. When a trip is all political, the same formula applies. The political entity pays for all the costs related to the trip specifically. White House Press Corps | Press Briefing | Dana Perino | News Media | Bush Administration | Campaign Expenses
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