Posted on 10/24/2011 10:10:43 AM PDT by NativeNewYorker
The disgraced lawmakers might be gone, but their campaigns live on.
The handful of members of Congress who have resigned amid scandal in recent years have maintained active campaign accounts, federal records show, and they have spent tens of thousands of dollars in political contributions on legal fees, travel, public relations consultants and, in at least one case, the salary of a family member.
Former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) spent more than $130,000 in campaign funds in the three months after he resigned from the House on June 24, according to new filings with the Federal Election Commission. That total was more than what all but three of the 11 sitting members of New York City’s House delegation spent during that time.
Weiner’s campaign reported more than $10,000 in travel expenses during the third quarter, which began a week after his resignation became official. The campaign spent another $25,000 on consulting firms and “policy research,” and slightly less than $30,000 on legal fees.
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So just how in the HELL does a now-FORMER member of Congress get away with........
......oh yeah; he’s a lib Democrat. Never mind.
Congress writes the laws that allow all of these misdeeds. They protect themselves first and foremost. Congress is the real culprit in most of the corruption that goes on in our country.
Donors paid for his “sex therapy” which was traveling with Huma. We pay for current and former members’ vacations and God knows what else.
I’d say at least 9 out of 10 congresspersons are corrupt. And we the people allow it.
The article also mentions Republicans. Probably would not have been written otherwise. They are a lot more alike than you may think.
The article also mentions Republicans. Probably would not have been written otherwise. They are a lot more alike than you may think.
This has been going on a long, long time. I thought it was common knowledge, one of those things we don’t talk about. Hush now.
Weiner/Holder 2012
I think it’s kinda catchy.
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