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IPFS News Link • TAXES: Federal

Official's Portraits Cost to Taxpayers Can Reach $50,000

• Washington Post
The Commerce Department, for instance, recently requested artists' bids to paint a likeness of Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, who has served since 2005. The contract pays up to $35,000, and Gutierrez gets to select the winning painter

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