Pelosi spends $2,993 on flowers

[formerlurker]

Pelosi spends $2,993 on flowers
By: Jake Sherman and Meredith Shiner
November 30, 2009 06:05 PM EST
 
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) spent $2,993 in taxpayer money on flowers between June and October. House Majority Whip James Clyburn has a thing for Chantilly Donuts, spending about $265 at the Virginia shop in the past quarter. And Rep. Tim Walz (D-Minn.), a fiscal conservative, decided to give about $2,000 in unused office funds back to the government to help reduce the deficit.

These expenditures – culled from thousands of line items released Monday by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House – are just a fraction of the $300 million spent last quarter by House offices. But while the bulk of congressional office spending goes to salaries and routine office expenses, some of the line items offer a window into the personalities and priorities of each congressional office.

 


http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/30013.html

[thundley4]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) spent $2,993 in taxpayer money on flowers between June and October.

She could have spent that much on those pine tree air fresheners for cars and put them all in her office and it still would quell the stench of socialism.

[bkg]

it's her right. She's an elite, dontchaknow!

[BEG]

Didn't pelosi blow a bunch of money before on flowers?

[Hawkgirl]

All the flowers in the world can't masque the stench of this Speaker.

[littlelamb]

What a utter waste of money maybe she should be saving money for her next face lift