Dennis Hastert’s Lobbying Costing Taxpayers $40,000 A Month
Author: The Huffington Post News Editors
U.S. taxpayers are spending more than $40,000 per month on office space, staff, cell phones and a leased SUV for former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, even as he works as a lobbyist for private corporations and foreign governments. The payments are perfectly legal under a federal law that provides five years of benefits for former speakers — but only if Hastert never makes use of his government-funded perks in the course of his lobbying work.
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Dennis Hastert’s Lobbying Costing Taxpayers $40,000 A Month
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