It is a good thing (legal, and should be encouraged) that candidates can take a salary while running for Congress.
How else could a single mother of two like @RashidaTlaib run?https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2018/07/18/tlaib-pays-self-salary-congress-campaign/797307002/ …
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Right, but where is the line? Surely you can't decide to give yourself a million dollar salary from campaign funds....or can you?
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There are legal limits spelled out in the piece. The lesser of a congressional salary or what the person earned the year prior. She's taking less than half of what she legally could.
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