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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....
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To: Sully- who wrote (33345)3/15/2010 11:27:48 PM
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Ten members of Congress spend over $1K a month in tax dollars to lease cars

By: Mark Hemingway
beltway-confidential

Politico has the story:

<<< The economy is still limping along, but some members of Congress are nevertheless riding in style: At least 10 House members are spending more than $1,000 a month in taxpayer money to lease cars.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver appears to be the biggest spender.

In the last quarter of 2009, the Missouri Democrat doled out $2,900 a month to lease a WiFi-equipped, handicap-accessible mobile office that runs on used cooking oil.

“Rather than paying for an additional office, the congressman has a mobile office, with all the capabilities to do casework across the district,” Cleaver spokesman Danny Rotert wrote in an e-mail. “We can go where our constituents are and accommodate those in wheelchairs with the mobile office’s lift.”

But at least nine other members are paying more than $1,000 a month for more basic rides.

Some lawmakers blame their high lease costs on a policy, enacted in a 2007 energy bill, requiring that the vehicles they choose be fuel efficient. Others say their two-year terms in office prevent them from taking advantage of lower-cost, longer-term leases. >>>


They can't possibly find cheaper transportation tha $1,000 a month? (Heck, I purchased my very reliable Honda Civic for less than that.) And then they blame the outrageous cost on a law that they themselves passed? Please.


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