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Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) said Tuesday that a report issued this week detailing a lavish $800,000 conference by the General Services Administrations (GSA) in Las Vegas was "just the latest example of this administration's wasteful and blatant misuse of Americans' hard-earned taxpayer dollars."

The report led to the resignation of GSA Administrator Martha Johnson and the firing of a number of top-level employees. The White House said President Obama was "outraged by the excessive spending," which included tens of thousands of dollars in catered food costs and events with entertainers like clowns and mind readers.

“At a time when families and job creators in Missouri and across America are being forced to cut back to make ends meet, it's critical that we spend federal resources as effectively as possible. Unfortunately, these reports of GSA’s reckless spending habits are just the latest example of this administration's wasteful and blatant misuse of A! mericans' hard-earned taxpayer dollars," Blunt said in a statement. "I look forward to working with the new GSA leadership, and I'll continue to fight to ensure this administration is held accountable for its out-of-control spending habits."

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