A major investigation by The Washington Post has concluded that several members of Congress steered earmarked tax dollars to universities with which close relatives had been involved. The price tag for these earmarks was $60 million:
In one example, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Democrat of Texas, helped direct $5.25-million to the University of Houston while her husband was vice president for student affairs and vice chancellor for student affairs of the university system.
In another, Rep. Robert E. Andrews, a Democrat of New Jersey, helped secure $3.3-million for a scholarship program at Rutgers University at Camden’s School of Law, where his wife is an associate dean in charge of scholarships and special legal programs.
But the biggest beneficiary, by far, was the University of Mississippi, which received $45-million with the help of Sen. Roger F. Wicker, a Mississippi Republican whose wife works as coordinator of student services for the university’s Tupelo campus.
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