Kerry Howley at Reason asks a great question, and one that hasn't gotten enough attention: Who pays for Dick Cheney to go on canned hunts with expensive Italian shotguns?

Cheney's travel disclosure habits are nothing if not consistent; as Alex Knott, political editor at the nonpartisan Center for Public Integrity explained to me yesterday, "Cheney has not filled any disclosure forms about any group paying for any travel since he has entered office." Under the 1989 Ethics Reform Act, President Bush and other heads of agencies are supposed to file reports with the Office of Government Ethics detailing who is paying for their travel, food, and lodging. Cheney's office doesn't. Why? The Vice President's Office, according to the Center for Public Integrity, labels all trips "official travel." It then bills taxpayers rather than accept private funds.

Perhaps all those anti-pork, small government fiscal conservatives can take a look into this and save the American taxpayer a dollar or two?