Republican congressman spent big PAC money on wine tours and resort stays

Posted by | June 4, 2016 08:09 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Politics


WASHINGTON — The leadership political action committee affiliated with Rep. John Shimkus of Illinois has splurged on Napa Valley wine tours, Miami Beach luxury hotels and Washington Nationals baseball tickets worth tens of thousands of dollars over the past four years, federal campaign disclosures show. The nine-term Republican represents a coal-producing region of southern Illinois and…

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By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.

3 responses to Republican congressman spent big PAC money on wine tours and resort stays

  1. Budda June 4th, 2016 at 08:26

    Just working the system…

  2. Larry Schmitt June 4th, 2016 at 08:36

    Isn’t that what campaigning is all about? Lotsa votes in those vineyards.

    • allison1050 June 4th, 2016 at 10:12

      It’s about Wino Boehner telling the freshmen/women that they would spend 3 days per week on the phone and meetings drumming up money.

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