The current leaders of the Georgia state Senate say they will investigate spending on a European trip last year by former state Senate leaders.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, former Senate President Pro Tem Butch Miller and other 12 others took a taxpayer-paid trip to Germany and England last year just before the terms of Duncan and Miller ended.
Legislative staffers have refused to say how much the trip costs, because the General Assembly exempted itself from the Open Records Act that applies to other state agencies.
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