And for Woodson, it'd mean yet another empty-handed trip back from what's supposed to be sweet-home Indianapolis.

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Senators Richard Shelby (R-AL), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) are accompanying Senate Majority Leader Reid on the trip.

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U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall, D-West Virginia, accompanied Issa on the trip.

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They also receive an expense-paid trip to Washington, D.

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For Anderson, it's only an hour-long trip to Denver from his home, but he'd no doubt be willing to travel as far as it takes to be a delegate at what's being billed as a "historic" convention.

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Torture aside, a reasonable full-day trip might be the 440 miles between Boston and Washington, D.

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