Bailout Helps Vaughn Ward’s Family

Front-running Republican Vaughn Ward has made cutting federal spending a hallmark of his campaign for Congress. But one of the top recipients of federal bailout money puts food on the table in Ward’s household. His wife, Kirsten, 35, is a technology project manager for Washington, D.C.-based Fannie Mae. Ward, 41, has been campaigning since March 2009, while his wife supports him and their two children, Ave and William. “We’re set up financially where I don’t have to work for money,” Ward told the Idaho Statesman last year. “Instead, I can work on a campaign.” Fannie Mae was spared bankruptcy by federal bailouts. It has received $76 billion since being taken over by the Federal Housing Financing Agency in 2008. Taxpayers are on the hook for an additional $125 billion, according to Fannie Mae/ Dan Popkey , Idaho Statesman. More here . (AP File Photo/Idaho Press-Tribune, Greg Kreller)

Question: Is congressional wannabe Vaughn Ward walking the talk when he campaigns to cut public spending when his wife works for Fannie Mae, a major bailout recipient?