U.S. Rep. Christopher S. Murphy, D-5, Sent More [Derived Headline]

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U.S. Rep. Christopher S. Murphy, D-5, sent more mail at taxpayer expense than any other member of Congress from New England in the past two years. U.S. Rep. Joseph D. Courtney, D-2, is Connecticut's least frugal member, according to a new analysis of congressional office spending done by the Yankee Institute. How members of Congress spend their personal office budgets has long been shrouded in mystery. Disclosure reports have only been available in paperback volumes containing more than 1,000 pages of tiny print, and these tomes are only available in a small basement office at the Capitol or in select Federal Depository libraries. It's enough to make one think Congress doesn't want the public to see how members spend our money.

The Yankee Institute is bringing sunlight, transparency and disclosure to how Connecticut's members of Congress spend their personal office budgets. Every line item of office spending for Connecticut's five members of the House of Representatives for the 110th session of Congress from 2007 through 2008 -- some 10,000 line items covering nearly $13 million in spending -- is now published and downloadable at yankeeinstitute.org.

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U.S. Rep. Christopher S. Murphy, D-5, Sent More [Derived Headline]

Courtney spent 99.3 and 99.7 percent of his office budget during his first two years in Congress, last year spending all but $4,432 of his $1.3 million budget. Former U.S. Rep. Chri...

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