House bonuses: Members of Congress handed out bonuses to staffs during budget crisis - latimes.com

House bonuses: Members of Congress handed out bonuses to staffs during budget crisis - latimes.com: "Reporting from Washington—
Even as deep federal budget cuts loomed at the end of last year, members of Congress from both parties paid taxpayer-funded bonuses to their staffs.

Overall, House members spent about $21.5 million more on their office payrolls for the fourth quarter of 2010, when bonuses are traditionally paid, than they spent for the average of the three previous quarters, according to LegiStorm, a Washington group that tracks congressional pay."

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