Luetkemeyer tops all freshmen in taxpayer-financed promotional mailers

What's the best way to tell your constituents about what a great fiscal conservative you are? Spend more taxpayer money than any other freshman Member of Congress sending self-promotional mailers! 

Freshman members are often told by their veteran colleagues that they need to begin campaigning for reelection almost as soon as they take office.

One key indicator of that can be found in how much members spend on “franked mail” — letters, pamphlets, etc. — that they send to their constituents at the taxpayers’ expense, usually to inform them of issues they are opposing or supporting.

Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.) leads his fellow freshmen, spending $28,530.77 on three major mailing campaigns. Luetkemeyer also paid the outside consulting firm Capitol Franking Group $12,100 to host 11 tele-town hall meetings, his office said.

Looks like it took all of one quarter for Blaine to adopt the Ways of Washington.

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