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Article: Who Picks Up the Tab at the White House?
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- March 13, 1997
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The White House is a museum, a public building and the
president's residence. Money for its operations comes from
taxpayers, political parties and private groups. Federal agencies
send over staffers to work on special projects, and private groups
provide volunteers.
Given the ongoing whirl of activity at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.,
administration officials said this week that taxpayers did not
shoulder any additional costs for the 938 guests that President
Clinton invited to spend a night or two in the White House.
Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.), chairman of the House Appropriations
subcommittee that oversees White House budget accounts, found the
administration's assertion hard to accept. "I ...