By Gerry Shih, Austin American-Statesman Blog, February 26, 2008

26 Feb 2008 // Senators from Georgia, Texas, Florida and Ohio went largely unscathed after the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington released their recent report detailing how senators’ used their positions to financially benefit their family members from 2001 to 2006.

Mel Martinez’s name stood out, however, as the Republican from Florida was named among the top five senators who reimbursed family members the most money. During the years covered by the CREW report, Martinez reimbursed family members $18,222.55. Wayne Allard, R-Colo., led the pack of alleged nepotists with total family reimbursements of $49,931.97.

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A corresponding 2007 report by CREW that illuminated some of the House’s questionable financial activities is available here. [0]