This Sunday was the filing deadline for congressional and presidential second quarter FEC reports. Currently both the FEC and PoliticalMoneyLine are posting these reports in real time. Unfortunately, thanks to Mitch McConnell and other obstructing Republicans, we can’t view Senate campaign finance reports in real time because they aren’t filed electronically. If McConnell and his party would let the Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act (S.223) pass we wouldn’t have to wait another couple of months to find out how much our Senators raised and spent. In the meantime, let’s take a look at which members of Congress are caught up paying legal fees.

Congresspedia reports that there are currently 10 members of the House of Representatives under investigation. Not all of the reports have been posted yet, so you will notice that Rep. William Jefferson, who is certain to pay exorbitant legal bills, is not yet listed. Some names that pop up that aren’t on Congresspedia’s list of members under investigation include Don Young and John Boehner. Former Reps. Mark Foley and JD Hayworth clearly saved some money in their campaign accounts for a reason.

Friends of Mark Foley: $277,367

Alaskans for Don Young, Inc.: $242,306

JD Hayworth for Congress: $102,126

Hastert for Congress Committee: $59,884

Lewis for Congress Committee: $54,756

Friends of John Boehner: $52,938

John T. Doolittle for Congress: $50,584

Rick Renzi for Congress: $25,000

Alan Mollohan for Congress: $22,671

Tim Murphy for Congress: $6,585

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