One U.S. Senator spent nearly $30,000 on travel and lodging for a trip to Italy. Another Congressman spent over $9,000 at a resort in Las Vegas. And that’s just the beginning.

According to finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), Democratic and Republican lawmakers alike spend millions of dollars to stay at five-star luxury resorts, on expensive dinners, trips to theme parks, golf outings, tickets to sporting events and Broadway musicals, international travel and more.

But these funds aren’t coming from candidates’ own pockets or campaign funds. They’re coming from their leadership PACs.

The FEC allowed federal officeholders to create Leadership PACs in 1978 in response to a request from elected officials who wanted to raise and donate money to their colleagues also running for office. But then the FEC dropped the ball and did not strictly oversee how leadership PAC funds were used in the U.S. House of Representatives. In a new report by Issue One and our partners at the Campaign Legal Center, we show that since 2013, just 45% of leadership PAC spending has gone toward direct candidate support.

Now, Issue One and the Campaign Legal Center have filed an official petition for rulemaking with the FEC, calling for updated regulations that impose the same “personal use” restrictions on leadership PACs as exist on campaign committees.

Without updated regulations, candidates and elected officials will continue using their leadership PACs as slush funds for their lavish lifestyles.

Sign the petition to the FEC today!