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Press Clip from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

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Senator wants to use money from campaign

SOURCE: GERARD SHIELDS // The Advocate

3 Jul 2008 // U.S. Sen. David Vitter will ask the Federal Election Commission today whether he can use campaign funds to pay for the $137,177 in legal fees he incurred from his involvement in the case of a woman convicted of running a high-priced Washington prostitution ring.

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