Our Members of Congress are certainly not popular and for good reason, but $3,000 for each member of Congress is a drop in the bucket compared to the total amount of tax deductions that our government gives out. This bill seems more like a gimmick to make people think that our politicians are actually helping them out. If ordinary people can claim business expenses when filing their taxes then so can members of Congress. Living in Washington, D.C. and traveling back and forth from your state all the time in order to do your job can be very expensive.