White House Payments to Columnist Probed

White House Payments to Columnist Probed

6 minutes ago White House - AP


By DONNA DE LA CRUZ, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Congressional investigators will look into whether the Bush administration violated any laws when it paid syndicated columnist Maggie Gallagher to help promote a marriage initiative, Democratic Sens. Edward Kennedy and Frank Lautenberg said.

The Government Accountability Office told the two senators, who had requested the inquiry, that it would investigate in a letter sent to their offices late Thursday.

The GAO, the investigative arm of Congress, is already looking into the Education Department's relationship with several public relations firms, which includes the agency's $240,000 contract with syndicated columnist and TV personality Armstrong Williams. The Education Department had hired Williams to promote the No Child Left Behind law.

The two senators had asked the GAO to expand its investigation to include Gallagher.
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&ncid=693&e=1&u=/ap/20050325/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_paid_columnist

Why do they bother investigating? It stops nothing.

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/breaking_news/11230225.htm

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WASHINGTON - Congressional investigators will look into whether the Bush administration violated any laws when it paid syndicated columnist Maggie Gallagher to help promote a marriage initiative, Democratic Sens. Edward Kennedy and Frank Lautenberg said.

The Government Accountability Office told the two senators, who had requested the inquiry, that it would investigate in a letter sent to their offices late Thursday.

The GAO, the investigative arm of Congress, is already looking into the Education Department's relationship with several public relations firms, which includes the agency's $240,000 contract with syndicated columnist and TV personality Armstrong Williams. The Education Department had hired Williams to promote the No Child Left Behind law.

The two senators had asked the GAO to expand its investigation to include Gallagher.

Gallagher apologized in January to readers for not disclosing a $21,500 contract with the Health and Human Services Department to help create materials promoting the agency's $300 million initiative to encourage marriage. Gallagher said she was not paid to promote marriage but to write articles and brochures.

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"The president should put in place sound policies that benefit all Americans rather than pay the press to promote bad policies," said Kennedy of Massachusetts.

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wondering if their situation has gone away. Glad to hear it hasn't.

propaganda all the time

It is fundamentally unfair for the Republicans to keep spending our tax dollars on propaganda to "prove" they are right in gouging the people. I want all my propaganda tax money refunded - now.

Gallagher will probably get dropped from a few newspapers. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution hasn't been running her lately. She was always a screed for intolerance, chauvinism, bigotry, and ignorance.

when they went after the first one ...

March 28, 2005

WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional investigators will probe whether the Bush administration violated any laws when it paid syndicated columnist Maggie Gallagher to help promote a marriage initiative, Democratic Sens. Edward Kennedy and Frank Lautenberg said.
The Government Accountability Office informed the senators of the probe in a letter sent March 24.

The GAO, the investigative arm of Congress, is already looking into the Education Department's relationship with several public relations firms, including the agency's $240,000 contract with syndicated columnist and TV personality Armstrong Williams. The Education Department had hired Williams to promote the No Child Left Behind law.

The two senators had asked the GAO to expand its investigation to include Gallagher.

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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBWWTNEV6E.html

of the great fall.

A psychic predicted that the * administration would have "great fall" in the spring of '05, as a result of the press.

of them so far, wouldn't it?

It's time to reclaim a little of that gladly surrendered integrity.
Or not. Will they sink even lower?

Hell why don't I pay people to screw me out of my social security!!!

Bush has raided the cookie jar over and over again!!!