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- 1Congressional staffers planned luxury Europe trip before election●Congressional staffers planned bipartisan trip with luxury stops in Europe ahead of election
Congressional staffers from both parties planned a bipartisan trip to Europe that included luxury stops, with the travel arranged ahead of the November election. Details of the itinerary are drawing criticism over the optics of lawmakers' offices organizing upscale foreign travel at a politically sensitive moment, raising questions about ethics rules and taxpayer-funded or lobbyist-linked trips.