UPDATED: House Republicans Troll Rep. Ilhan Omar With New Bill...Named For Her.

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 RedState  "Trolling isn’t just for social media, folks. In fact, two Republican members of Congress just introduced a bill that will put a smile on your face while annoying the far left.

"The Daily Caller reported, “Two House Republicans introduced a bill Friday to prevent members of Congress from using campaign funds to pay their spouses, a measure they named after Rep. Ilhan Omar.”

"Wisconsin Reps. Tom Tiffany and Mike Gallagher proposed the Oversight for Members And Relatives Act, otherwise known as the OMAR act. The proposal is intended to address reports that Omar’s campaign paid $2.8 million to a consulting firm that her husband, political consultant Tim Mynett, owned. (See: Ilhan Omar Has Now Paid Her Husband’s ‘Firm’ Over $1 Million In Corrupt Scheme)

“ 'For too long, lawmakers of both political parties have engaged in the ethically dubious practice of pocketing campaign funds by ‘hiring’ their spouses and laundering the money as campaign related expenses,” said Tiffany in a press release.

“ 'Loopholes that allow members of Congress to funnel campaign funds to their spouses are despicable and erode trust in our government,” Rep. Gallagher noted. “There’s simply no logical reason for allowing this practice to continue, and I’m proud to join Rep. Tiffany in this common-sense effort to ensure members can’t profit off running for Congress.” . . .

UPDATE: Republicans’ ‘OMAR Act’ Seeks To Stop Lawmakers From Enriching Spouses 

"The “background” portion of Tiffany and Gallagher’s press release reads:

Fox News reported how an incumbent House member from Minnesota took advantage of this loophole “paid nearly $2.8 million to her husband’s political consulting firm so far in the 2019-2020 election cycle, including nearly 70% of her third-quarter disbursements.” To put this huge sum in perspective, it appears to be more than all members of Congress paid their immediate relatives during the entire 2012 election cycle, combined.

" In 2007, Rep. Adam Schiff called for House approval of a ban on campaign payments to spouses “an important step forward in restoring the public’s confidence that elected officials are working in the public’s interest and not their own.” Speaker Pelosi, too, praised the House action, saying it would “increase transparency in election campaigns and [prevent] the misuse of funds.” Majority Leader Hoyer also applauded the measure, adding that it would “restore high ethical standards to Washington and clean up the culture of corruption.”

How's that for "unity"?