FOGLIFTING: Congressional Charged $2800 to you this week on its "Taxpayer Credit Card"

August 01, 2010

Congressional Charged $2800 to you this week on its "Taxpayer Credit Card"

"... but look at what pretty things we bought!"

from www.rollcallvotes.com, as published in the Ledger-Enquirer, August 1, 2010

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