Repost from Bread #1207 posted during a busy time

Congress Using 'Slush Funds' to Bankroll Lavish Lifestyles

Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, and Line Their Own Pockets, revealed embarrassing and outlandish instances of cronyism and self-enrichment by members of Congress. Despite the fact that funds from leadership PACs are supposed to go to help elect fellow members of one’s own political party, lax campaign laws allow lawmakers to turn their leadership PACs into private slush funds to fund just about anything.

http:// www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2013/10/20/cbs-congress-using-slush-funds-to-bankroll-lavish-lifestyle/