Boehner Bars Foreign Congressional Delegations Due To Sequester

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House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) told his caucus on Wednesday that due to automatic budget cuts set to take place March 1, known as sequestration, lawmakers will no longer be allowed to go on foreign trips, or CODELs.

“The House Administration Committee has already notified leadership, committee, and member offices in the House that there will be spending cuts in their offices to comply with the sequester. And the speaker told the members today that in addition to those spending cuts, he is suspending the use of military aircraft for official travel by House members,” a leadership aide told the Cable. “The Speaker believes this is the prudent and responsible course of action, and it goes above and beyond the spending cuts the House will be implementing to comply with the president’s sequester.”

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