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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I agree, somewhat, that she should be taken to task and investigated if she used campaign contributions for ‘personal residences’, but let’s let her stand in line behind hundreds of Democrats who’ve done the same thing.
I think then , that going through all those Dems, they’ll inally get around to investigating this minor offense of hers, around the year 2027.


30 posted on 09/24/2010 6:28:18 PM PDT by supremedoctrine (Come closer. I want to get a better look at you.)
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To: supremedoctrine

FEC Campaign Guide - Congressional Candidates and
Committees

http://fec.gov/pdf/candgui.pdf

Page 54

Candidate Salary

The candidate may receive a salary from his or her campaign committee only under the following conditions:

The salary must be paid by the principal campaign committee; The salary must not exceed the lesser of

• the minimum annual salary for the federal office sought or what the candidate received as earned income in the previous year;

Individuals who elect to receive a salary from their campaign committees must provide income tax records and additional proof of earnings from relevant years upon request from the Commission; Payments of salary from the committee must be made on a pro-rata basis (i.e., a candidate may not receive a whole year’s salary if he or she is not a candidate for an entire twelve-month period);

Incumbent federal officeholders may not receive a salary payment from campaign funds;

and

The first payment of salary shall be made no sooner than the filing deadline for access to the primary election ballot in the state in which the candidate is running for office.

Salary payments may continue until the date when the candidate is no longer considered a candidate for office or until the date of the general election or general election runoff. For special elections, payments may continue from the date that the special election is set until the date of the special election.


34 posted on 09/24/2010 7:09:33 PM PDT by ziravan ("Are you better off now than you were 7 trillion dollars ago?")
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