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By Rick Edwards   ·  08:28 PM   ·   October 17, 2006   ·   Permalink

Good old Senator Harry Reid, who would hope to be Majority Leader in January, has found at least one creative use for campaign funds:

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid paid cash for a $750,000 condo at the Ritz-Carlton where he lives. But when it comes to giving the doorman and other support staff Christmas bonuses, he's been using campaign donations instead of his own money.

Federal election law bars candidates from converting political donations for personal use.

Questioned about the campaign expenditures by The Associated Press, Reid's office said Monday his lawyers had approved them but he nonetheless was personally reimbursing his campaign for the $3,300 he had directed to the staff holiday fund at his residence.

Reid also announced he was amending his ethics reports to Congress to more fully account for a Las Vegas land deal -- highlighted in an AP story last week -- that allowed him to collect $1.1 million in 2004 for property he hadn't personally owned in three years.

What else hasn't Harry Reid disclosed? What other creative uses for campaign funds has he possibly found? What other amendments might he have to make in the coming weeks?

I hope that the media will be as diligent in pursuing Reid, and these types of questions, as they have been with Republicans as of late.




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