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For Immediate Release
May 5, 2004
Contact: Douglas Moore
(404) 433-5561 cell
(478) 742-1100

Jim Marshall Cited as Third Most Frugal Representative

VoteTracker, a Congressional watch-dog web site, recently released a report on Congressional expenditures. Jim Marshall was rated as the third most frugal Congressman, spending only 65.1% of his allotted funds. Jim's frugal ways were noted in the April 20th edition of the Atlanta Journal and Constitution's Political Insider. The reporters noted that Jim's spending was the lowest out of all the Georgia representatives and ranked 438 out of 440 member of the House of Representatives (including the Delegates from Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Washington DC, and American Samoa).

Each Member of Congress receives funds to run their office and help their constituents. Because budget amounts for each Representative vary according to variables such as distance from Washington, DC, typical office rent in their district, and the number of addresses in their district, VoteTracker ranks the members based on the percentage of their budget spent, rather than the total amount spent.