headline of the ap story." it wasn't just lost in the headline of the ap story, it wasn't anywhere in the ap story. anyone who read the ap story was led to believe that congressman paul was buying first class tickets using congressional funds. paul's chief of s "changes in the congressional voting sedule are frequent, and if he bought a nonrefundable ticket and then didn't use it, he would incur the expense or change fee personally. that is, the u.s. house would not allow him to be reimbursed for a flight he ultimately didn't take." i can attest from personal experience that that is the standard practice in the congress in both the house and the senate in both parties.