Aide: Senator will add travel caps to all spending bills

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Bolstered by a victory that caps Defense Department spending on national conferences, U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn will add similar caps to all spending bills in the coming legislative session, an aide to the senator said.

Coburn, R-Okla., has long condemned the amount the government spends traveling to and from conferences.

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