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TN House GOP Leader Says Hotel Reimbursement Bid Is Unrelated to Divorce

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Tennessee Representative Glen Casada, Republican leader of the state House, says his effort to allow lawmakers living within 50 miles of the state Capitol to be reimbursed for hotel bills is unrelated to his pending divorce.

Casada, who lives 39 miles from the Capitol in Williamson County, says the measure would take effect after the 2018 elections, which would be after his divorce is finalized.

 

Casada says the hotel stays are "a fair request of the taxpayers" for suburban lawmakers to occasionally stay the night in Nashville.

 

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