Congress negotiated a little-noticed change to the rules in December, changing how members are reimbursed in a way that amounts to as much as a $34,000 tax-free pay increase, The New York Times reported on Thursday.
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The bill comes after her political allies formed a nonprofit under an IRS designation commonly used for dark money political groups. 
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Democrats have tried to prevent Trump from receiving taxpayer money at his businesses for three years. This week, they finally scored a small victory.
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is further attempting to prove he's pals with Donald Trump after launching a lawsuit appealed to the Supreme Court that Trump and other candidates should be able to pay themselves back the millions of dollars they use to self-fund their campaigns.
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18 congressional Republicans and one Libertarian have received $21.7 million for 38 businesses with which they are associated. Nine Democrats received $6.1 million for 11 of their own businesses. An additional roughly $54 million went to nonprofits, think tanks and policy institutes, congressional caucuses, and higher education institutions tied to members of both parties.
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