Payments of $174,000 each to the families of three late Representatives
What the document says“For payment to Ashley Paige Turner, heir of Sylvester Turner, late a Representative from the State of Texas, $174,000.”
Section 156 of division A makes three payments of $174,000 each, the customary sum of a Member's annual salary, to Ashley Paige Turner, heir of Sylvester Turner of Texas; Ramona Grijalva, widow of Raul M. Grijalva of Arizona; and Catherine M. Smith, widow of Gerald E. Connolly of Virginia.
What the document actually says“For payment to Ashley Paige Turner, heir of Sylvester Turner, late a Representative from the State of Texas, $174,000.”
The heir of one member who died in office is paid a sum equal to a year of his pay.
Three House members died while serving. Congress has long paid a year of pay to the family. This is that payment for each of them.
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