Former Members of Congress grants $ 345,000 Himself

Direction: Five months after his retirement 16 years of a career in the Chamber of Deputies, Gene Taylor of Missouri, reached at his former campaign accounts at home and took $ 345000th

Five months after the retirement of 16 years of a career in the Chamber of Deputies, Gene Taylor of Missouri, reached at his former campaign accounts at home and took $ 345000th

It was quite legal, but Mr. Taylor, the decision was based on a critical practice of subscription.

President Bush has proposed banning the practice and the Senate has already voted to prohibit. The debate could report this fall to the Assembly, which has strongly resisted these proposals, because their members are those who would be affected, and they have millions of Dollars on Thursday ”It is a Special Interest funded retirement fund,’’said Susan Manes of Common Cause, a public interest lobbying group advocates a change in the nature and way Congress campaigns funding. Pressure for action

Proponents of a change in the campaign finance laws may have said the legislature to act on the problem quickly because of public concerns about congressional ethics scandals such as that which led to the resignation the referee Jim Wright of Texas.

One of 10 years allowed by law, house-members of the Office, before Jan 8, 1980, to benefit from the money remaining in its coffers renewal for personal use after the cessation of Office.

Currently, 191 members of the house are covered by the law, and it had cash reserves of $ 39 million in its accounts election earlier this year.

J. Stephen Solarz representatives, the Democrat from Brooklyn, took $ 1.16 million at the end of the second quarter and representatives of Dan Rostenkowski, Democrat of Illinois, was $ 1.01 million.

According to records of the Federal Republic Electoral Commission, Mr. Taylor, a Republican from southwest Missouri, has converted more surplus cash to the campaign for personal use that all other former legislators.

”I have not done wrong, Mr’’said Taylor. ”I have a lot of things outside of the public service. I’m going to be some of them.”Beyond Enforcement

A rule prohibits the Senate present and former members of spending campaign money for personal use. But in practice, it can not be executed once the senator leaves office. Rules prohibit members current spending campaign money for personal use.

Each retirement home or a member of the Senate may contribute money to the campaign remains of a political party, other political campaigns, charitable organizations, or transfer of funds transferred to a trustee or Foundation for Education, science or for religious purposes. Some members of the cash contributors.

But since 1980, former members have at least $ 862000 in surplus campaign money for personal purposes after leaving office, the Congressional Quarterly reported earlier this year.

If Mr. Taylor left office in January, his campaign committee is a balance of $ 457938. During the first six months of this year, he contributed $ 64200 to churches and schools in the south-west of Missouri, gave $ 2500 to candidates and policies has risen from about $ 8600 to other property, including motor insurance and airline tickets.

In late June, he wrote two personal cheques with a value of $ 345000 in itself. Campaign money converted to personal use is subject to government and taxes, and Mr. Taylor, estimated that nearly 40 per cent of $ 345000 go to taxes. Last month, the Senate approved a bill to repeal provisions that provide for maintaining the old Congressmen campaign is money.

”If donors to contribute to a political candidate, they do so with an understanding that their money is used for the campaign of candidates, not to increase his personal wealth,’’said Senator Richard C. Shelby, a Democrat, Alabama sponsor of legislation banning the practice.

President Bush has another proposal, candidates from the bar to transfer money from one campaign to another. A House Task Force is also examining the question of how it tries to contribute to the development of legislation in the field of ethics and campaign finance.

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