According to the City Paper, Loose Lips column:
Just how much moula goes flows from the constituent service funds directly to the needy? Not much, according to some number crunching done by the advocacy group D.C. for Democracy. The group combed through 2010 records and added up the total money spent by elected officials' constituent service funds on "immediate constituent needs" like rental and utility assistance and help with funeral costs.
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