When She Catches A Cold, The Entire GOP Leadership Gets Sick

Barbara Bonfiglio is treasurer to the GOP stars,  or at least she was.

TPM Muckraker reports that she is leaving lobbying powerhouse Williams & Jensen.   That's also the firm where DeLay's former Chief of Staff Susan Hirschmann hangs her hat.

TPM mentions that Bonfiglio was treasurer for Tom DeLay, Rick Santorum's charity, Richard Pombo and Duke Cunningham.

A casual review of FEC records indicates that Bonfiglio is, or was until very recently, also treasurer, deputy treasurer, or custodian of records for many other GOP luminaries.

In addition to the committees mentioned by TPM, she also did finance work for committees affiliated with Rep. Roy Blunt, Rep. Deborah Pryce, Rep. Rob Portman, Rep. David Dreier, Senator John Ensign, Rep. Joe Barton, Senator James Inhofe, Rep. Jerry Lewis, and Rep. Hal Rogers.

Several members of Congress have recently begun to distance themselves from lobbyist- treasurers.  For example, Rep. David Dreier dumped Bonfiglio as his treasurer last month.

But Senator Conrad Burns is once again swimming against the ethics reform tide.  Just last month, on February 21, Senator Burn established a new affiliated political committee called, the BC Committee.  The treasurer was none other than Williams and Jensen's, Barbara Bonfiglio.