WSJ reports on House members’ use of social media and new media. Congressional rules bar lawmakers from using their free-mail privilege — known as franking — to send mass mailings through the U.S. Postal Service in the 90 days before an election. . . . But rules for email, congressional Web sites and social-media tools […]
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Congressional Travel Under the Microscope
The WSJ examines a recent increase in Congressional travel. The spending on overseas travel is up almost tenfold since 1995, and has nearly tripled since 2001, according to the Journal analysis of 60,000 travel records. Hundreds of lawmakers traveled overseas in 2008 at a cost of about $13 million. That’s a 50% jump since Democrats […]
Members Getting Paid
Roll Call reports on House Members earning outside income. Federal laws and House rules prohibit Members of Congress from earning income in certain professions, notably medicine, law and real estate sales. The ethics committee has ruled that Broun, a family practice doctor, and the other physicians in the House, can consult with patients and accept […]