OpenSecrets looked at Cantor's campaign spending reports and Vox, like a lot of news outlets, reports that Cantor's campaign bought a lot of steak. They listed 17 payments, totaling $168,000 on steakhouses. I can at least speculate that they threw 17 expensive parties for donors or workers. Just like the 233 payments totaling $103,174 to Delta Airlines could be for lots of plane tickets to people around the state (and I'm guessing the 23 payments totaling $97,413 to Air Charter Team were for more flights).
But the report also lists 21 payments to US Dept of Treasury totaling $254,535. What is that for? Did they buy short term Treasury notes to hold their cash? Does that count as campaign spending?
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Do congressmen get protective services? Perhaps it was surcharges for extra protection? Or federal taxes - there is also a separate line for state taxes.
Not all Congressmen do, but the Majority leader does. But the Secret Service was moved from Treasury to Homeland Security, so that's probably not it.
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