Congress May Spend More On The Benghazi Panel Than On The Veterans Affairs Committee

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Congress May Spend More On The Benghazi Panel Than On The Veterans Affairs Committee
The Huffington Post | By Mollie Reilly

Posted: 07/07/2014 8:07 pm EDT Updated: 2 hours ago


House Republicans have requested nearly $3.3 million to operate the select committee investigating Benghazi, which gives the GOP-launched committee a bigger budget than that granted to the committee overseeing the troubled Department of Veterans Affairs.

According to a committee document provided to USA Today by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) office, the budget provides about $2.2 million for the seven Republican lawmakers on the panel and a little over $1 million for the five Democrats. In contrast, the House Veterans Affairs Committee and Ethics Committee were each granted budgets of $3 million in 2014.

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1. Wow

Republicans shame themselves. Again.