A group of 10 House Republicans helped Democrats sink a bill that would have forced Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to report his flight records on government-owned jets.
According to the roll call, 10 Republicans voted against while three Democrats voted in favor of the amendment which had language to "Require a report on the Secretary of Transportation flight records."
"After Secretary Buttigieg was caught excessively using a taxpayer-funded private jet, his department doubled-down and is refusing to release the true cost of these flights."
On Thursday, a spokesperson for Balderson said the congressman had inadvertently voted against the bill and asked the House Clerk to reverse his vote.
The report identified the flights using Buttigieg's internal calendar obtained by APT. In one instance of his use of government-managed private jets, Buttigieg traveled roundtrip from Washington, D.C., to Las Vegas to promote public works projects in August 2021.
Buttigieg used a jet to fly to multiple states - most of which have largely been considered swing states in elections - in August 2022 as part of a tour highlighting federal infrastructure grants.
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Chasten Buttigieg attend a reception ahead of the start of the Invictus Games in The Hague, Netherlands, on April 15, 2022.
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