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LPC Releases Spending Study for Chicago Congressmen
(Cites Abnormalities for Danny K. Davis)

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Bobby Rush, 1st District
18 employees at $676,576.52 annual salary
Chicago office rent $3,315.00 month
Total office expenditures through 9/30/00 -- $682,952.70
Unusual expenses:
Franked mail of over $34,000
Total expenditures for rent, communications and utilities of over
$100,000 per year.

Jesse Jackson, Jr., 2nd District
14 employees at $628,599.96 annual salary
Homewood office rent $2,183.00 month
Total office expenditures through 9/30/00 -- $597,054.38

William Lipinski, 3rd District
17 employees at $692,326.48 annual salary
Chicago office rent $1,300.00 month
Lagrange office rent $1,420.00 month
Oaklawn office rent $1,412.00 month
Total office expenditures through 9/30/00 -- $647,381.57
Unusual expenses:
Subscription to "Inside FAA" for $595.00

Luis Gutierrez, 4th District
20 employees at $802,541.00 annual salary
Chicago office rent $1,200 month
Chicago office rent $1,740 month
Total office expenditures through 9/30/00 -- $741,064.95
Unusual expenses:
Leased auto at $549.66 per month

Rod Blagojevich, 5th District
19 employees at $675,123.88
Chicago office rent $2,000 month
Total office expenditures through 9/30/00 -- $643,536.52
Unusual expenses:
Cell phone bill from 8/1/00 through 8/15/00 of $767.79
Coffee bill of $280.00 from 8/1/00 through 8/30/00

Danny K. Davis, 7th District
21 employees at $672,623.28
Chicago office rent $5,054.96 month (paid to See Young Westmont Corporation)
Total office expenditures through 9/30/00 -- $683,559.90
Unusual expenses:
Harry D. Reese (part-time employee) expensed $810 worth of gasoline
for mileage in district. At a standard reimbursement rate of .28 per mile,
that works out to 2893 miles driven in the district between 1/5/00 and
7/17/00 -- or 15 miles per day EVERYDAY.
Benjamin Randle (not listed as employee) paid $650 per month (every
month) for a mobile office.
Expenses of $690.25 per month (every month) for a leased auto
Expenses of over $54,000 for franked mail

Jan Schakowski, 9th District
20 employees at $606,186.88
Chicago office rent $1,972.00 month
Niles office rent $302.50 month
Evanston office rent $892.35 month
Total office expenditures through 9/30/00 -- $632,402.37

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