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Below are four excerpts from politico.com's article entitled "Nancy Pelosi spends $2,993 on flowers" by Jake Sherman & Meredith Shiner - updated on December 1, 2009 at:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/30013.html

1. "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) spent $2,993 in taxpayer money on flowers between June and October...."

2. "Pelosi, who has come under fire in the past for spending on flowers, also spent roughly $30,610 in food and beverage and about $2,740 on bottled water, contributing to the nearly $120,531 total from all congressional leadership accounts. Her offices defended the charges, saying the Speaker's office holds more ceremonial events with visiting dignitaries than other congressional offices. They also use a local florist, and about a third of her flower expenses this quarter were for Jack Kemp's funeral."

3. "The nearly 3,400 digitized pages were released Monday afternoon and touted by Pelosi as expanding 'accountability to taxpayers and the press.'..."

4. "These line by line expenditures used to come just in bound green books, but for the first time ever, Pelosi requested that the reports also be put online this quarter."

It has been reported that Pelosi has spent millions in her first nine months of office - at least 50% more than her predecessor, Dennis Hastert.

What a slap in the face to the American people.

- Ed Smith, Publisher
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