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    Summer Junkets Make A Comeback On Capitol Hill

    After subsiding in the wake of the Jack Abramoff influence-peddling scandal, privately-funded Congressional trips are surging back, thanks to loopholes lawmakers inserted into a new Capitol Hill ethics code.

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    Summer junkets make a comeback on Capitol Hill

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    After subsiding in the wake of the Jack Abramoff influence-peddling scandal, privately-funded Congressional trips are surging back, thanks to loopholes lawmakers inserted into a new Capitol Hill ethics code.

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