Thursday, September 30, 2010
Byrd Family To Receive $193,400
WEST VIRGINIA....
Through a temporary spending bill passed by Congress this week, the family of the late Senator Robert C. Byrd will receive $193,400. It is tradition in Congress for family members of a senator who died while in office to receive the equivalent of one year’s pay for the senator. The provision was tucked into a Senate amendment to a temporary spending bill passed by Congress before it adjourned for the mid-term elections. The money is to be equally distributed among Byrd’s children and grandchildren.
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