McCaskill Admits Failing to Pay Taxes on Airplane
Sen. Claire McCaskill acknowledged Monday that she and her husband failed to pay $287,000 in property taxes on a private aircraft that she used for official Senate travel and announced she intended to sell the “damn” plane.
The Missouri Democrat, who is up for re-election in 2012, announced earlier this month that she would pay the U.S. Treasury $88,000 after a report in Politico that McCaskill had used official funds to pay for fuel and other costs related to her use of the plane for Senate-related duties and at least one political event.