Monday, July 16, 2012

Seven Tea Party Freshmen Spent More Than $100,000 In Taxpayer Money On Personal Cars

Seven Tea Party Freshmen Spent More Than $100,000 In Taxpayer Money On Personal Cars: Though they campaigned on a platform of reducing the deficit and ridding wasteful spending, more than a half-dozen Tea Party congressmen have collectively spent over $100,000 in taxpayer money on personal vehicles. ThinkProgress examined spending records for the 112th Congress and found seven GOP freshmen — Reps. Chip Cravaack (R-MN), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Bill Flores [...]/p