Monday, March 5, 2012

Congressman Showered Staff with Bonuses, Records Show

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Congressional staffers working for Rep. Jim Moran (D., Va.) received a 120 percent pay hike in the final three months of 2011, financial disclosure records show.

According to the website Legistorm, which maintains a database of congressional staff salaries, Moran’s quarterly payroll averaged $200,802 for the first nine months of 2011, but jumped to $427,999 in quarter four, an increase of 113 percent.

Average quarterly salaries for Moran’s staff increased by 120 percent during the same period, from an average of $12,160 in quarters one through three to $26,750 in quarter four.

Records show that Moran did not make any new hires in the fourth quarter of last year; the entire $227,197 payroll increase went to existing employees, all of it funded by American taxpayers.

Read more: http://freebeacon.com/moran-makes-it-rain/

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