writing checks the House Chief Administrative Officer can't cash

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Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul

As a devout Christian, Rep. Paul Broun is surely familiar with the Bible verse, “Ask and ye shall receive. Seek and ye shall find.”

I’ve been asking for and seeking information about what, exactly Broun is spending his congressional allowance on, but I have not received, nor have I found, any answers.

All I know his he’s not paying for a chief of staff. And that may be all I know until early next year.

I spent most of Wednesday on the phone with various political sources in Washington and elsewhere getting an off-the-record crash course on member’s representational allowances, the $1.3 million to $1.5 million congressmen get annually to pay salaries, rent, etc. That’s your money, by the way.

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