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That second article seems to be little more than a shameless bit of libel. I just skimmed over the report section dealing with Ron Paul, but the allegation seems to be that his daughter worked for his campaign and got paid a salary of ~50k per election cycle. The key line is here:

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CREW found only that many members of Congress have used campaign funds to pay family members. CREW was unable to discover the qualifications of those family members, whether the payments were for bona fide campaign services or whether the payments were fair market value.

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EDIT: lol, a Ponzi scheme. WTF is he talking about?

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I agree the article sucks big time. Just the only one currently available, unfortunately.