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Congressman Hurt To Discover Lobbyist Not Really His Friend
Submitted by Westernerd on Sat, 2012-02-18 04:00
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"According to Capitol Hill sources, Rep. Bobby Schilling (R-IL) came to the painful realization this week that agribusiness lobbyist Stephen Fischer, who had been kind and generous toward him for months and had often met up with him for drinks after work, was not, in fact, his friend."
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