TIM BEE CONTINUES A GOP TRADITION...

He lets the taxpayers pick up the cost for campaign events! President Bush came to Tucson FOR A PRIVATE FUNDRAISER FOR BEE and the taxpayers picked up the security costs:

Bee vs. Giffords: In their own words
Tucson Citizen
Published: 10.13.2008

BUSH SECURITY

(President Bush cam to Tucson in July for a fundraising event for Bee. Local law enforcement agencies spent about $99,000 providing security for Bush. Readers asked us to ask Bee if he planned to repay that cost.)

BEE: I would be happy to sit down and talk with the local governments about that. What I would want to make sure is that we knew exactly what those services were used for.
I have never declined to pay those services.
In working with the president, whether it is Democrat or Republican, and bringing them in to support a candidate, there are processes that have been in place since President Reagan. They have been used by all presidents since that time with all candidates.
We have reimbursed the White House close to $130,000, for costs associated with the event. We're more than happy to sit down and discuss with people what's due here.
But if we're going to change the policy, then it needs to be changed for everyone.

ThinkProgress found that this is a grand old tradition for the GOP:

A draft House Oversight Committee report finds that the White House “used the political affairs office to orchestrate an aggressive strategy to use taxpayer-funded trips to help elect Republican candidates for public office.” Under the direction of Sara Taylor, the political affairs office identified struggling GOP candidates and arranged for cabinet members to make appearances on their behalf:

From January 1, 2006, until the mid-term elections on November 7, 2006, cabinet secretaries and other senior officials traveled to over 300 events recommended by the political affairs office. All of these events were held with Republican candidates, and in most cases, the travel costs were paid for with federal funds. … In some instances, the White House specifically requested that travel be billed to the taxpayers to save Republican campaigns money.