State Roundup: Even During Time Off, Lawmakers Can Get Paid
It's a Wrap: The week that was in the Keystone State.
By PA Independent Staff HARRISBURG – Lawmakers took the week off, but will return for three more days of session beginning on Monday — the final three days before the legislative agendas are wiped clean in January. But even those times when they don’t seem to be doing much work in Harrisburg, per diem reports show some lawmakers are lining their pockets, legally, with funds intended to cover expenses like travel and meals. Meanwhile, there will be a bit of a wrinkle in the major parties’ election plans in Pennsylvania, as both Libertarian and Green party candidates have been granted access to the ballot. A PA Independent review of 2011 expense reports from the House of Representatives shows lawmakers racked more than $102,000 in per diem …
