Abramoff, the triplets and the nanny fund

[Rose Siding]

and the dirty "ethics" committee:

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Abramoff, who recently pleaded guilty to fraud, bribery and tax evasion, helped host a baby shower for Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) and his wife in December 2003. The Rohrabachers were expecting triplets and feeling the pinch of the prevailing congressional salary of $154,700 at the time while maintaining homes in D.C. and the lawmaker’s pricey Southern California coastal district.
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Rohrabacher spokeswoman Rebecca Rudman estimates that fewer than 25 people attended the shower and that gifts to the fund amounted to roughly $3,000. She noted that After the Stork charges $250 a day for 24-hour nanny care for triplets.

The guests, Rudman said, were members of Congress, staffers and former staffers who were close friends of the Rohrabachers. She said she did not know whether any guests, other than Abramoff and McIntosh, were registered lobbyists or who contributed to the nanny fund.
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The $3,000 gift does not appear on Rohrabacher’s annual personal financial disclosure documents because the congressman asked the House ethics committee to waive that disclosure requirement after it had granted him a waiver to accept shower gifts.

http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/012506/news2.html

[madeline_con]

1. I think they lied.

A nanny for triplets at less than $3.50/hr?!!!

EDIT: each!