Rep. Gutierrez Pays Chicago Lobbyist with Congressional Funds

By Kent Cooper

Posted June 6, 2013 at 7:51am

Over the past 10 years,
Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez
, D-Ill., has paid a Chicago lobbyist more than $500,000 in taxpayer funds to work side-by-side with his congressional staff. View USA Today
article
.

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