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.