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Aide Got $1.9M Buyout

By Paul Kane and John Bresnahan
Roll Call Staff
June 12, 2006, Midnight

A top aide to House Appropriations Chairman Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.) received almost $2 million last year in a buyout package from his old lobbying firm, which specializes in placing earmarks in annual spending bills and is now under federal investigation.

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