Conaway Expenses Less Than Average

A bargain in Congress. There's a phrase you don't hear very often but it turns out, we've got one when it comes to the cost of running a Congressman's office. A news service is reporting that the office of San Angelo representative Mike Conaway cost taxpayers $1,120,000 to run last year. That's around $200,000 less than the Congressional average. Those costs include running offices at the Capital and back home in the Congressional district. They also include salaries for staff and expenses for keeping in touch with constituents. One key to keeping office expenses down, Conaway says, is that he has three free ones in the district, provided by local governments who share space for constituent services.