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CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Baucus spokesman confirms Hanes pay raise « - Blogs from CNN.com
Washington (CNN) - Montana Sen. Max Baucus gave an employee with whom he later became romantically involved a raise of nearly $14,000 and recommended her for a U.S. attorney position, his spokesman confirmed Friday.
But spokesman Ty Matsdorf said Melodee Hanes' raise was comparable to the pay boost given to other members of the senator's senior staff at the same time identical to his legislative director's pay bump, and less than his chief of staff's.
Hanes was paid $126,541 total for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, according to congressional records.
The former prosecutor, who currently works for the Justice Department, withdrew her nomination for U.S. attorney in March of 2009 because her relationship with Baucus was "changing and growing increasingly serious," according to an aide to the senator. The aide said the decision had been under discussion for several weeks before though "around the same time as" - a March inquiry about the relationship from a Missoulian reporter.
CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Baucus spokesman confirms Hanes pay raise « - Blogs from CNN.com
Washington (CNN) - Montana Sen. Max Baucus gave an employee with whom he later became romantically involved a raise of nearly $14,000 and recommended her for a U.S. attorney position, his spokesman confirmed Friday.
But spokesman Ty Matsdorf said Melodee Hanes' raise was comparable to the pay boost given to other members of the senator's senior staff at the same time identical to his legislative director's pay bump, and less than his chief of staff's.
Hanes was paid $126,541 total for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, according to congressional records.
The former prosecutor, who currently works for the Justice Department, withdrew her nomination for U.S. attorney in March of 2009 because her relationship with Baucus was "changing and growing increasingly serious," according to an aide to the senator. The aide said the decision had been under discussion for several weeks before though "around the same time as" - a March inquiry about the relationship from a Missoulian reporter.
