‘Portland Dumpster Diver’: Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez Says She’s ‘Working Class’ and Her Father Cut Her Off in College. So Why Did He Finance Her First Home?

Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez—whose Washington swing district makes her one of the most endangered members of Congress—has repeatedly claimed she was forced to work three jobs after her father cut her off financially because she stopped going to church. She says she struggled to pay her tuition at Reed College, a prestigious private institution in Portland, Ore., and resorted to unorthodox living arrangements to avoid paying rent.

But documents reviewed by the Washington Free...