BIG R Legal Fees. Corrupt Lawmakers "Give Back" to the Legal Community

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Lawmakers Give Back to the Legal Community
By Will Thomas - Oct 16, 2007
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Recently, House lawmakers filed their third quarter campaign disclosure reports .....

Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA), with nearly $1 million in total fees dating back to last year, remains the undisputed House champion, but Rep. Don Young (R-AK) is charging hard.

Here's our list of legal spending habits for the past three months, as well as an estimate of how much each lawmaker has spent in campaign funds to date and to which firms:

Rep. Don Young (R-AK): $183,785 .... has spent $447,000 on the law firms Akin ....

Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ): $111,042 ... has paid around $148,000 to law firms ...

Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV): $55,000 ... has spent $78,000 on the law firm...
Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA): $26,982 ... has spent over $987,000 on the law firms....

Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-IL): $17,627 ... former House speaker has spent $436,000 thus far ...

Rep. John Doolittle (R-CA): $4,807 .... Doolittle's campaign committee has spent $130,000 ....
Doolittle’s wife ... paid another $45,000 – and the campaign still owes her $31,471 ..

Ex-Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL): $150,752
Foley has spent $843,000 thus far ....

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