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Texas Republican House Representative Wesley Hunt’s chief of staff James Kyrkanides loves to spend taxpayer money on hotels

Earlier this week, we covered how Republican House Representative Wesley Hunt likes to stay home and not do his job. Yet, despite all that, his chief of staff, James Kyrkanides, has apparently been racking up quite the hotel tab: James Kyrkanides, the campaign manager for Senate candidate Wesley Hunt, charged taxpayers more than $44,000 in hotel expenses over three years as Hunt’s congressional chief of staff. The charges average $457 per night, four times the national standard rate set by General Services Administration rate for many federal employees, according to a POLITICO analysis of House expense records. That...

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Texas Republican House Representative Wesley Hunt barely ever goes to work, wants a promotion

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Nobody wants to work anymore. Hidden in this funnier story is this little tidbit: Clinging to a razor-thin majority, Johnson needed just one more Republican vote to defeat the measure. He kept the vote open for 22 awkward minutes while Democrats jeered and Capitol Police rushed Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) from the airport to the Capitol to cast the deciding vote. Hunt, who recently launched a primary challenge to Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), has missed 95 percent of roll-call votes since mid-December, showing up for just three of 58 votes. Now, I’m sure you’re not going to...

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