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It's all in the family for some in Congress

Posted by LegiStorm on Monday, August 30, 2010

Recent events have shown that to some lawmakers, politics is a family business.

Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) awarded thousands of dollars in scholarships to her relatives and an aide's children from Congressional Black Caucus Foundation funds, according to a report in the Dallas Morning News.

Not only did the scholarships violate the foundation's anti-nepotism rules, they all also broke foundation rules requiring scholarship recipients to live or study in a caucus member's district. Johnson originally denied any wrongdoing when first contacted by the paper, but a few days later issued a statement to acknowledge the rules violations, although she said she did so unknowingly.

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posted in Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas), nepotism, Rep. Tom Delay (R-Texas), Congressional Black Caucus
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