Sunday, April 20, 2003

 

Apr 20, 1:53 PM EDT

Religious Group Helps Lawmakers With Rent

By LARA JAKES JORDAN

Associated Press Writer


WASHINGTON (AP) -- Six members of Congress live in a $1.1 million Capitol Hill town house that is subsidized by a secretive religious organization, tax records show.

The lawmakers, all Christians, pay low rent to live in the stately red brick, three-story house on C Street, two blocks from the Capitol. It is maintained by a group alternately known as the "Fellowship" and the "Foundation" and brings together world leaders and elected officials through religion.

The Fellowship hosts receptions, luncheons and prayer meetings on the first two floors of the house, which is registered with the Internal Revenue Service as a church.

The six lawmakers - Reps. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn.; Bart Stupak, D-Mich.; Jim DeMint, R-S.C.; Mike Doyle, D-Pa.; and Sens. John Ensign, R-Nev. and Sam Brownback, R-Kan. - live in private rooms upstairs.

Rent is $600 a month, DeMint said.

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Oh, and one more thing. They've all been neutered, and they all just bought identical Nikes.

Nothing further to investigate here!

posted by Michael 9:03 PM