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Congressional Spending By The Numbers

Congressional Spending

First Posted: 06/09/10 07:28 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 05:45 PM ET

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Roll Call:

Here's what it costs to run the House of Representatives for a year: $30 million for Members and staff to travel around the country, $48 million for outside consultants, $26 million to rent district offices, $600,000 for stenographers, $4 million for office temps, $25 million for franked mail, $400,000 for bottled water and $3 million for buffet lunches, doughnuts and pizza.

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07:01 PM on 06/09/2010
The best congress money an buy.
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