When Congress wanted to spend $15,000 in 1974 for maintaining and decorating the home of the chief of naval operations for the vice president’s use, Sen. William Proxmire objected.
The measure passed and the Democrat from Wisconsin was assured that “nothing elaborate was contemplated” and that only necessary furnishing would be done and cost $15,000 — $72,000 in 2021 dollars.
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