CongressionalBadBoys.com | home | CREW CREW Report How Senators' Families Have Benefited The Washington-based group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released a first-ever report on the misuse of power by all members of the Senate to financially benefit their family members, called "Family Affair-Senate"  CREW released a similar report for House members in June 2007, called "Family Affair-House." Highlights include: 31 senators have one or more family members registered to lobby or employed in government affairs. Senators paid a total of $928,399.49 in fees or contributions to family businesses or employers. Combined, senators paid $528,797.42 in salaries or fees directly to family members. The Honorable Richard Lugar (Republican-Indiana) had four family members registered as lobbyists, the most. The Honorable Jim Bunning (Republican-Kentucky) paid the most in total salary or fees, with $138,933.37 going to his daughter. The Honorable Barbara Boxer (Democrat-California) paid the largest amount to a family business, paying her son's company $320,000. The Honorable Mike Enzi (Republican-Wyoming) paid his daughter-in-law's company $306,251.58.  His campaign reimbursed Enzi, his wife, paid his daughter-in-law, reimbursed and paid his daughter-in-law's company, and his son is a registered lobbyist. Check out CREW and its report. Also check out All in the Family