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Eight senators yet to file annual personal financial disclosures

Posted by LegiStorm on May 24, 2013

Eight senators have not filed their annual personal financial disclosure reports, despite potential late fees and some with previous histories of prolonging Senate deadlines.

Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mo Cowan (D-Mass.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) still have outstanding financial reports. All the aforementioned senators did, however, receive 90-day extensions from the Ethics committee. Penalties such as a $200 fine are possible for forms not submitted on-time. Each senator's one-page request form for an extension does not require a reason for the extension.

Several of these same senators have shown tardiness in the past. Senators Corker, Durbin, Blumenthal, Paul and Risch all received extensions in 2012 as well.