Senator Cornyn (finally) comes clean

It's hard to fight the monumental corruption of this Administration when your own skirts are unclean.

From today's National Journal, a report that Senator Cornyn of Texas has failed for some time to report pension payments he's receiving:

Texas Republican John Cornyn supplemented his Senate salary with a trio of public pensions last year from his days as a Texas judge and elected official-a practice some fiscal watchdog groups have attacked as "double dipping."

Cornyn, who is the minority whip and the No. 2 ranking Republican in the Senate, reported collecting $65,383 in public retirement benefits in 2012 in addition to his $174,000 salary as a U.S. senator. 

Cornyn's office did not respond to requests for comment.

Elected to the Senate in 2002, Cornyn is a former district judge, Texas Supreme Court justice, and state attorney general. In 2012, he collected pensions from three separate state retirement programs.

 

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