Leaders of both major U.S. parties are making sure that educational trips to Israel for legislators are not affected by lobbying reforms. Rep. Steny Hoyer, the Democratic whip in the U.S. House of Representatives, said he and his Republican counterpart, Rep. Roy Blunt (D-Mo.), both consider such trips invaluable to members of Congress.
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