N.J. junket hits the rails, but no free rides this year
TRENTON - Call it a 24-hour blending of power, money and politics. More than 1,200 of the state's prominent lawmakers, lobbyists and leaders rode to Washington yesterday on the annual New Jersey Chamber of Commerce-sponsored networking trip. One change from past years: Legislators had to pay their own way. A new ethics law bars them and their staff from accepting gifts from lobbyists. In the past, lawmakers could get a hotel room and dinner ticket for free. Chamber members pay $560 for the train ride, cocktail reception and dinner. Nonmembers pay $660. - AP
TRENTON - Call it a 24-hour blending of power, money and politics.
More than 1,200 of the state's prominent lawmakers, lobbyists and leaders rode to Washington yesterday on the annual New Jersey Chamber of Commerce-sponsored networking trip.
One change from past years: Legislators had to pay their own way. A new ethics law bars them and their staff from accepting gifts from lobbyists. In the past, lawmakers could get a hotel room and dinner ticket for free.
Chamber members pay $560 for the train ride, cocktail reception and dinner. Nonmembers pay $660.
- AP