The U.S. Senate‘s 380-page handbook — which has never before been released to the public — has been made public for the first time.
The book, which “governs everything from how many sheets of paper and potted plants each Senate office is allotted to when Senators can use taxpayer money to charter planes or boats,” was made public Sunday by USA Today, which published nearly whole thing online.
The newspaper is withholding 10 pages that pertain to Senate security issues.
The book “contains detailed rules on how each senator can spend their official, multi-million-dollar, taxpayer-funded budget on things like meals and travel,” the newspaper said. “Yet, because it has not been released, it’s been impossible for the public to know whether a senator has violated the rules — for example by charging taxpayers for an improper charter flight.”
See the complete book online at this link.
