<h2><a href="http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/ZTVJ68/TPIQ1A/HYHSTZ/SSY50E/S373Z5/OS/h?a=http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress-members-back-legislation-that-could-benefit-themselves-relatives/2012/10/07/c2fa7d94-f3a9-11e1-a612-3cfc842a6d89_story.html" target="_blank">Lawmakers can reap benefits from legislation they sponsor</a></h2>
Seventy-three members of Congress have sponsored or co-sponsored 
legislation in recent years that could benefit businesses or industries 
in which either they or their family members are involved or invested, 
according to a Washington Post analysis. <br>
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The findings emerge from an examination by The Post of financial 
disclosure forms and public records for all 535 members of the House and
 Senate.<br>
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The practice is both legal and permitted under the ethics rules that 
Congress has written for itself, which allow lawmakers to take actions 
that benefit themselves or their families except 
when they are the lone beneficiaries.<br>

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