Did secretive religious group subsidize Congressman’s rent?
Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) has been making headlines recently by threatening to torpedo health care reform unless the bill excludes coverage for abortion.
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow believes that Stupak is just looking for publicity with "this antiabortion stunt" and that "it is not rational to think that the Democratic-led House and the Democratic-led Senate are going to let him use health reform as a way to effectively ban abortion."
She points out, however, that Stupak's new notoriety means that he may "end up having to answer for some of the unexplained things that no one cared to have [him] explain before."
"For example," Maddow noted on Thursday, "Bart Stupak famously was one of the conservative politicians who lived at C Street -- a $1.8 million town house on Capitol Hill that featured in the Mark Sanford sex scandal and the John Ensign sex scandal and the Chip Pickering sex scandal. The house is home to a number of members of Congress. It has been reported to be run by the secretive religious group known as the Family."...............
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Stupak has insisted, "There is no such thing as 'the Family.' ... I rent a room, that's really about it. ... There is no theocracy that I'm a part of." He has also declined to comment on author Jeff Sharlet's claim that he is "very involved" in the religious aspect of the Family and has mentored other members.
"But here's the rub," Maddow explained. "Everyone who has been living at C Street, including Bart Stupak, has been getting a sweetheart deal. ... These are rooms in this really swanky town house that come with meals, they come with maid service ... How much do you think that's worth on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., just blocks away from the Capitol building? How about $600 a month?"..........
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