| 1. | This expense could have legitimately been claimed against his constituency office allowance.
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| 2. | The new rules allowed members to buy whatever they wanted from their office allowances.
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| 3. | These luxuries are charged to the overall budget of the House, instead of to members'office allowances.
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| 4. | Traditionally, it has been easier, politically speaking, to raise the per diem and office allowance than the salary.
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| 5. | Office allowance for House : From $ 570, 000 to about $ 1 million, depending on size and population of district
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| 6. | As a congresswoman, Mrs . Marcos earns a salary of 17, 000 pesos ( dlrs 653 ) a month plus office allowances.
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| 7. | It approves most requests for funds for office allowances and other items, but rejects those it feels breach the bounds of propriety.
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| 8. | Office allowance for Senate : From $ 1.8 million ( for each Delaware senator ) to $ 3.1 million ( for California)
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| 9. | But the office allowance remained flat, agents contend, and as inflation drove their costs up, many began dipping into their own pockets.
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| 10. | Why did you have to have it ? " In response to his rhetorical question, he explained salary and office allowances for senators.
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