WE FOOT THE BILL FOR POLITICIANS' COFFEE-DID YOU KNOW THAT?

 

 

F U DEMOCRATS & REPUBLICANS-WITH THOSE SALARIES BUY YOUR OWN FREAKIN' CUP-A-JOE !!!

 House Spent About $2M of Taxpayers’ Money on Coffee, Pastries---WTF???

(ABC NEWS)

 

By David Kerley

"The Sunlight Foundation, a watchdog group advocating for government transparency, crunched the numbers for ABC News and found that the House of Representatives spent nearly $2 million on coffee and food in 2012 for events in and around the Capitol.


The money is part of lawmakers’ representational allowances, which can be used to pay for everything from sending mail to constituents to entertaining visitors. The foundation did not know who the visitors were.

“Catering companies can get as much business from the House as they have in the past,” he said.
The Sunlight Foundation found that expensive catering was truly a bipartisan effort, with leaders hosting their own members.

-- Republican House Speaker John Boehner spent $64,000
--Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi spent $61,000
--No. 2 Democrat Steny Hoyer spent $52,000

--The biggest spender in the House was No. 3 Republican Kevin McCarthy of California. On his Facebook page, pictures of meetings include fruit, bagels, croissants and coffee.

--McCarthy’s 2012 grand total – $95,000, with an additional $4,000 being spent on bottled water – was enough to pay the salaries of two mid-level staffers on Capitol Hill..."