You'd think the money was coming out of Bale's office budget.

I take this responsibility very seriously, and have worked to ensure that my office budget is spent wisely.

Her office budget is now cut to $2 million; her staff has dropped to 35 from 46.

The office budget for 1981 was overdrawn before the year was three months old.

Printing costs comsume about $4,000 of the office budget each year, the staff estimates.

The total amount being returned is more than 16 percent of Paul's original office budget.

The authority, located in Uniondale, will have a central office budget of up to $4 million annually.

According to the press release, Romney transferred money from the governor's office budget to cover the deficit.

Any money a member does not spent from his office budget goes back to the Federal Treasury, he said.

"Even an idiot is not going to funnel bribes through the office budget," he said.