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Caught Our Eye

Two-thirds of House personal offices haven't touched a single dollar of their MRA increase

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Dec. 19, 2022

The year's unprecedented Members' Representational Allowance increase was meant to bolster staffer salaries in order to help the House attract and retain talent. But going into the fourth quarter, only a third of representatives have tapped into any of their additional funds, according to a LegiStorm analysis.

The average personal office spent just 57.50% of its budget in the first three quarters of the year. The average office would have needed to spent $81,700 more during that time period to even begin to touch its 21% MRA increase.

Two in three offices disclosed Q1-3 spending at rates that would have been sustainable without the increase.

On average, Democrats spent an extra 2.5% of their office budget than Republicans, or about $53,000 more per office. Rep. Jack Bergman's (R-Mich.) office disclosed the House's highest spending rate. His office used 76.1% of the office's funds in nine months, including 21% of its total annual budget on printing and franked mailings to constituents.

Subjects: Rep. Jack Bergman (R-MI)

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