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For the first time ever, the disbursements of the U.S. House of Representatives and individual House members are available online to the public. The disbursements were released today at disbursements.house.gov.
The summaries for the three members of the House from New Mexico are available below.
“Today’s release will mark a proactive stance from the US House, voluntarily creating more effective disclosure, and responding to new expectations that information be available online for it to be truly public,” the blog for the open-government non-profit the Sunlight Foundation wrote earlier today.
The money includes salaries for staff, franking (official mail sent to constituents), travel and other expenses incurred by the offices of the members of Congress.
For the images below, the left column of numbers is for the year to date disbursements, while the column on the far right is for the quarter from July to September.
The disbursements for Rep. Martin Heinrich begin on page 69 of the second pdf file. Heinrich spent $980,882.50 from the beginning of the year to September and $343,882.49 in the third quarter.
Rep. Ben Ray Lujan’s disbursements begin on page 481 of the second pdf file. Lujan spent $808,608.54 from the beginning of the year to September and $337,496.69 in the third quarter.
Rep. Harry Teague’s disbursements begin on page 277 of the third pdf file. Teague’s office spent $899,807.89 through September, including $352,130.23 in the third quarter.
The U.S. Senate will follow suit and begin posting their disbursements online beginning in 2011.
