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- noun Plural form of
codel .
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Examples
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These kinds of trips -- known as congressional delegations, or "codels" -- tend to be big productions.
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While members 'travel to and from their home states is typically paid through their annual operating expenses, congressional delegation trips - known as "codels" - can take members, their staff and sometimes their spouses around the globe on government jets.
ajc.com - News 2009
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While members 'travel to and from their home states is typically paid through their annual operating expenses, congressional delegation trips - known as "codels" - can take members, their staff and sometimes their spouses around the globe on government jets.
ajc.com - News 2009
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While members 'travel to and from their home states is typically paid through their annual operating expenses, congressional delegation trips - known as "codels" - can take members, their staff and sometimes their spouses around the globe on government jets.
ajc.com - News 2009
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The cost of so-called congressional delegations, known among lawmakers as "codels," has risen nearly 70% since 2005, when an influence-peddling scandal led to a ban on travel funded by lobbyists, according to the data.
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That's why we've always recommended that codels go to Italy, France or Denmark to find those elusive facts.
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Even the most pushy codels have to know they're getting just a soda-straw's view of things.
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As Loop Fans know, many jaunts by congressional delegations (codels) overseas are not much more than taxpayer-paid vacations.
In the Loop: U.S. lawmakers visit Haiti and its president . . . that guy 2010
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Speaking of codels, our favorite travelers, outgoing Sen. Arlen Specter (R/D-Pa.) and his wife, Joan, are said to be off on a fine swing through Asia with stops in Beijing, maybe Taiwan and possibly Vietnam.
In the Loop: U.S. lawmakers visit Haiti and its president . . . that guy 2010
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Another big unknown expense is the salaries and overhead of the nearly two-dozen government employees who organize codels.
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