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- GRAPEVINE, Page 33THE PERKS GO ON . . . AND ON . . . AND ON
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- By SIDNEY URQUHART
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- Who gets a posh office, a lavish expense allowance, a
- devoted staff and unlimited postage? Answer: any former Speaker
- of the House of Representatives. Congress doled out these
- open-ended perks to departing Speakers back in the 1970s so that
- they could conclude their "official business." But somehow not
- one has ever managed to do so. According to figures disclosed
- last week by the House clerk, U.S. taxpayers will have to cough
- up $385,577.52 this year for staff members who will keep JIM
- WRIGHT and TIP O'NEILL comfortable in their home states. Not to
- mention CARL ALBERT of Oklahoma, who retired back in 1977.
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