CLAY PAY: Rep. William Lacy Clay, D-St. Louis, is one of the House members featured in an article in Roll Call, the daily newspaper of Capitol Hill, about how some lawmakers have made their spouses and other relatives the highest-paid workers on their campaigns.

The article, published Tuesday, points out that during the past four and a half years, Clay "paid the law firm of his sister, Michelle, about $309,000 -- more than any other vendor or staffer -- for everything from campaign management to data entry."

Roll Call's article, by Alex Knott, notes that over the same time period Clay's campaign paid his niece, Angela, $800 for media consulting; his former wife, Ivie Lewellen Clay, $400 in disbursements; and the nonprofit William L. Clay Scholarship and Research Fund, $11,000 for "voter education research."

It quotes Clay's sister, Michelle, explaining the family's philosophy this way: "I would say that for us, the family that works hard together, wins together ... Over the last decade, my brother and I have built on the historic legacy of public service that our father, former Congressman Bill Clay, established in Missouri's first Congressional district."