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Gene Autry's museum lassoes its first Washington lobbyist

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Aug. 19, 2016

Gene Autry is lobbying from the grave. The Autry Museum of the American West, founded by the late Western film star, recently disclosed its first federal lobbying activity.

Law firm Stewart and Stewart is lobbying on the museum's behalf on issues related to education, Native-American culture and historic preservation, according to the disclosure form.

Autry co-founded the museum with his his wife Jackie, Western-film actor Monte Hale and Hale's wife Joanne as the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum in 1988.