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  • First, we considered official congressional travel. Taking fact-finding trips abroad as part of formal congressional delegations—known as CODELs—is one way to gather the information needed to make informed foreign policy decisions. Some CODELs are partisan (all members traveling together are of the same party), and others are bipartisan (the CODEL includes at least one Democrat and one Republican). If women prioritize accruing information in a more collegial, cooperative way, then they should take fewer partisan, and more bipartisan, trips than men. They don’t.
    Jennifer L. Lawless & Sean M. Theriault, Off the softball field, Congresswomen are plenty partisan Brookings Fixgov blog, June 15, 2016.

    I first heard the term in season 5 of the West Wing, when Donna Moss, Rep. Andy Wyatt, and Admiral Fitzwallace go on a CODEL to Gaza. I couldn't pick up what Josh was saying when he told Donna she'd be going—codell? codelle?

    June 27, 2016