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Lawmakers used campaign funds to pay relatives

SOURCE: Matt Kelley // USA Today

17 Jun 2007 // WASHINGTON — Seventy-two members of the House of Representatives spent $5.1 million in campaign funds to pay relatives or their relatives' companies or employers during the past six years, a liberal watchdog group says in a report to be released Monday.

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