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SENATORS' EXPENSES FOR WASHINGTON TRIP

Senate President Almando "Rocky" Liburd released expenses for senators' trip to Washington, D.C., in January for the presidential inauguration. They total just under $21,000.
These figures are not complete, pending the senator's individual itemized individual expenses which are not yet available.
The expenses range from $853 for airfare only for Sen. Douglas Canton Jr. to $3,935 for Sen. Carlton Dowe. Canton paid other expenses out of his own pocket.
The breakdown is as follows:
Senator
Airfare
Hotel
Ground
Transportation
Meals
Total
Adelbert Bryan
$752
$524
$400
$350
$2,326
Donald Cole
$786
$1,500
$400
$250
$2,936
Carlton Dowe
$896
$1,839
$300
$900
$3,935
Alicia Hansen
$1,114
$1,074
$450
$350
$2,988
David Jones
$881
$812
$320
**
$2,013
Almando Liburd
$771
$1,839
$300
$900
$3,810
Norma Samuel
$1,114
$1,074
$450
$350
$2,988

$20,996
** combined ground transport and meals

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