Doug Scofield was chief of staff to Rep. Luis Gutierrez, an Illinois Democrat, until 2002. In 2003, Scofield took two consulting jobs:
1) Taxpayer-funded political consultant for Gutierrez’s office;
2) State-level lobbyist for health care companies and all sorts of nonprofits.
USA Today has the story. Here’s one item:
Scofield’s clients included health care companies with serious stakes in Obamacare. So, health care companies were paying Scofield, while Scofield was advising Gutierrez, while Gutierrez was voting on Obamacare — seems like a conflict of interest to me.
On a related point, Maryland State Del. Heather Mizeur — who was a registered federal lobbyist for health care companies while sitting on the health appropriations subcommittee in Annapolis — is running for governor.
