The Real Franking Scandal With Rick Berg

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  March 20th at 11:03 AM  | 

There has been somewhat of a scandal percolating in the local North Dakota media relating to Rick Berg’s prodigal use of his franking privileges in Congress.  Throughout the history of Congress, congressmen were afforded “franking privileges” as a way of facilitating communication between a member and his constituents.  In plain English, this refers to the right of members to mail correspondence to constituents at no | Read More »