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Walsh’s attorney, R. Steven Polachek, told the Sun-Times the claim is unfounded. “I dispute that he owes the child support that she’s claiming or anywhere near that amount,” he said. “Joe Walsh hasn’t been a big-time wage-earner politician until recently — he’s had no more problems with child support than any other average guy.” Attorneys for both Walsh, a telegenic Tea Party hero known for his boisterous and uncompromising proclamations


, and his ex-wife, Laura, a pharmaceutical attorney to whom he was married for 15 years but split in 2002, blame each other for stalling in the case, the Sun-Times said. The couple’s three children are now 23, 20 and 16 years old. Citing court documents from December, the Sun-Times wrote that before his successful 2010 campaign Walsh told his ex-wife he could not make child support payments because he was either out of work or between jobs. Walsh loaned his campaign $35,000. Laura Walsh also claims that while Walsh was failing to make child

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