Peter Roskam

GOP Rep Runs Taxpayer-Funded Campaign-Style Ads On 'Out Of Control Spending'

Justin Elliott | March 5, 2010, 2:56PM

Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL)

Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) is running campaign-style Web ads for a "tele-town hall" on "out of control spending" that are financed by taxpayer dollars -- and the ads were OKed as permissible under House rules.

The ads, which you can check out one version of below, are set on an American flag background and include a red-white-and-blue button that reads "Congressman."

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