CRS: Franked Mail Has Cost $1.4B

By Emily Yehle
Roll Call Staff

October 1, 2007, 7:49 p.m.

Almost three decades of Members mailing glossy newsletters and legislative updates to their constituents has cost taxpayers more than $1.4 billion — and most of it was spent during election years.

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