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Congressional Members Dole Out Big Bucks

The BLT, D.C:
Former Rep. Mark Foley's (R-Fla.) efforts to turn the page (so to speak) on the scandal that cost him his House seat wasn't cheap. Foley paid his lawyers from Zuckerman Spaeder $206,000 during the first three months of this year, according to an article today by Roll Call's Susan Davis. But Foley is far from alone among members of Congress in running up hefty legal bills. Davis, who gathered numbers from recently released Federal Election Commission filings, notes that former House Speaker Dennis Hastert dropped a cool $70,000 for advice from McKenna Long & Aldridge after facing a congressional ethics investigation into his handling of the Foley matter.

Posted by Editor at April 18, 2007 06:17 AM