It's the thing to do, apparently. Get in trouble -- then rely on campaign funds to pay your legal fees -- even after you've left Congress in disgrace. A search through Political Money Line came up with these expenditures by some former members with very familiar names:

The Tom DeLay Congressional Committee reported paying $454,144 for legal services from 10/1 to 12/31. The committee paid $190,000 to Bracewell & Giuliani LLP of Houston, TX. The committee also paid McGahn & Associates $38,441 and McGuire Woods LLP $225,703 for legal services.

The Bob Ney For Congress committee reported paying Vinson & Elkins of Houston, TX, $70,000 for legal services.

Friends of Mark Foley committee reported paying Zuckerman Spaeder LLP of Washington, D.C., $48,141 on 12/15 for legal fees.

DeLay and Ney are going to run out of campaign funds soon.  DeLay has $11, 623 cash on hand as of December 31, 2006 while Ney has just over $36,000.  They can't raise more now that they are out of Congress.  Meanwhile, Foley's committee has $1,677,549 cash on hand as of 12/31/06.