APNEWSBREAK: AKIN FAILED TO REPORT STATE PENSION

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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MISSOURI_SENATE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-10-04-11-05-21


JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri congressman Todd Akin has amended a decade's worth of federal financial reports to add nearly $130,000 in state pension income that he received over that time.

Akin's office provided The Associated Press with a copy of the updated personal financial disclosure reports Thursday after being asked why he had not listed his retirement benefits. Akin's office released a letter dated Tuesday to the House Ethics Committee in which the Republican congressman described the lack of information about his pension payments as an "unintentional oversight."

Akin receives a state pension because he previously served in the Missouri House. He is running this year against Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill.

McCaskill also receives a state pension from her time as a Missouri legislator and auditor.

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1. it's disgusting that they can collect a pension

while they are also collecting pay in the senate.

[City Lights]

2. An "unintentional oversight."

Yeah right.

[Frustratedlady]

3. Doesn't anything happen to them when they "fail" to claim income?

I thought there was a fine or censure. How many Republicans does that make now?