As for having legislative employees work in election campaigns.

Will paid legislative employees pour into the districts to canvass voters in their "spare time"?

The committee is under investigation for its possible use of legislative employees and equipment for partisan campaigns.

A prosecutor, the Legislature argues, shouldn't decide what percentage of political work is acceptable for legislative employees.

"No show" jobs and the use of legislative employees for full-time campaign work are among the abuses the District Attorney is investigating, the officials said.

His indictment on charges of using legislative employees in campaigns is a central issue.

They have acknowledged, however, that part-time campaign work by legislative employees was routine.

Instead, they were legislative employees who were reassigned to campaign work.

Throughout the day, legislative employees braced for the worst.

The suit had been filed on behalf of nine legislative employees.