Akin Failed To Report State Pension
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri congressman Todd Akin has amended a decade's worth of federal financial reports to add nearly $130,000 in state pension income that he received over that time.
Akin's campaign provided The Associated Press with a copy of the updated personal financial disclosure reports Thursday after being asked why he had not listed his retirement benefits.
Akin's office released a letter dated Tuesday to the House clerk in which the Republican congressman described the lack of information about his pension payments as an "unintentional oversight."
Akin receives a state pension because he previously served in the Missouri House.
He is running this year against Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill. McCaskill also receives a state pension from her time as a Missouri legislator and auditor.
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