If lawmakers weren't allowed to keep leftover travel funds, "you could never get many members traveling," said Mr. Ortiz, the Texas Democrat, in an (WSJ) interview earlier this year.The Wall Street Journal today published an article about Congressional investigators questioning a half-dozen lawmakers (including Ortiz) for possibly misspending government funds meant to pay for overseas travel, according to people familiar with the matter. The investigation follows a Wall Street Journal article in March that said lawmakers had used daily cash stipends, meant to cover certain costs of official government travel overseas, to cover expenses that appeared to be unauthorized by House rules. An independent ethics board has referred the matter to the House ethics committee. Congressional rules say the daily travel funds, called a per diem, must be spent on meals, cabs and other travel expenses. But when lawmakers travel, many of their meals and expenses are picked up by other people, such as foreign governmentofficials or U.S. ambassadors. That can leave lawmakers with leftover money.
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Sitting congressmen, including Solomon Ortiz, will not take action against Rep Rangel or Rep Washington because Congress protects the criminals who hold office. Congress will prosecute baseball players who "lie" to them, but the Congress won't take action against their own for fraud, lying and corruption. We need to vote all incumbents out of office.
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While they are at it, could they investigate what he had to do with the $21 million that went-a-missing from the Port of Brownsville now that he is still alive.
Republicans and Democrats have been raising taxes and making the government so much bigger that we cannot afford it any longer. Then they misuse use for their own benefit. Vote for straight talk and clear action. The third major party has a real hero that will make a difference not just tell us he is helping. Check out Ed Mishou at Winks.
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SOLOMAMON ORTIZ AFTER 27 YRS AND WE ARE STILL IN THE TOILET/THE "ARM PIT" OF THE UNITED STATES IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GO!!!!!
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