House May Get Big Boost For Election-Year Mailings
(Roll Call) - The House wants to increase Members’ office budgets next fiscal year by almost 15 percent, partly because 2010 is an election year and lawmakers anticipate a surge in franked mail.
In a recently released budget request, the House Chief Administrative Officer asked appropriators to raise the Members’ Representational Allowances — which fund everything needed to run offices, including salaries, travel and supplies — by $90 million, citing increases “due to the election year cycle.”
“In an election year the expenditures increase and then decrease in a non-election year,” the request reads.
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In a recently released budget request, the House Chief Administrative Officer asked appropriators to raise the Members’ Representational Allowances — which fund everything needed to run offices, including salaries, travel and supplies — by $90 million, citing increases “due to the election year cycle.”
“In an election year the expenditures increase and then decrease in a non-election year,” the request reads.
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posted by BP News Bureau | 9:42 AM
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