Lawmaker billed taxpayers 1.8 million in expenses
Pennsylvania state Rep. Chris Sainato, a Lawrence County Democrat, traveled widely and billed taxpayers for more than 1.8 million in mileage, meals, lodging, travel, and nearly 640,000 in per diems since 1994. The figures, from an analysis by The Caucus and Spotlight PA, reflect one of the largest expense totals in the state legislature.
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Sainato 62 Defends Per Diem Driven Legislature Spending
Spotlight PA reports Pennsylvania lawmaker Sainato 62 maintains a perfect work attendance record while collecting extensive per diems for meals lodging and mileage. The piece traces 24 percent of decades long expenses including non session per diems for hearings tours and conferences totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars and calls for greater expense transparency amid bipartisan reform talks.
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