[Dog Gone]

Supposedly, the money is coming from the campaign warchests that each of these senators has.

Whether that's true or not, I don't know. I'm quite sure that Rat contributors will make sure that these lawmakers are not paying out of pocket.

[Brownie74]

If the money is coming from their campaign warchest isn't that illegal?

[Ron H.]

Supposedly, the money is coming from the campaign warchests that each of these senators has.

Supposedly many of the Senators are attorneys and it has been reported (I forget where now but it was on a local Houston talk show earlier this week) that their partner law firms will be reimbursing the wayward lawyer member Senators for their expenses while in New Mexico and contributing into a pool so that they don't miss a paccheck while on vacation across the state lines.