Lawmakers Add Relatives To Campaign Payrolls

By Kent Cooper

Posted March 18, 2013 at 5:21pm

Thirty-two members of Congress dispensed more than $2 million in campaign funds to pay relatives’ salaries during the 2012 election cycle, a USAToday analysis of the most recent campaign records shows.

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