![]() ![]() There are hundreds of examples to choose from, but here are just a few:Ĭampaign accounts of Representative Ron Paul, a Republican of Texas who is running for the party’s presidential nomination, paid salaries or fees to his daughter, brother, grandson, daughter’s mother-in-law, granddaughter and grandson-in-law, totaling more than $300,000, according to the report…. It highlights common practices that translate into tens of millions of dollars in payments to relatives or the lawmakers themselves. The 346-page report by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or CREW, is an extraordinary compendium of creative accounting, self-interested budgeting and generous expense reimbursements. ![]() ![]() A nonprofit ethics group here spent the last nine months examining every member of the House - for campaign spending, budget earmarks, office accounts and lobbying by any relatives - and found that the families of more than half of all the House lawmakers have received payments or otherwise benefited financially from their affiliation with a lawmaker in the two previous election cycles. ![]()
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