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$60-Million in Federal Earmarks Go to Colleges That Employed Relatives of Lawmakers

Chronicle of Higher Education

February 7, 2012

Members of Congress have steered more than $60-million in earmarks in recent years to colleges and universities that employ their spouses and children, a Washington Post investigation has found. 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. In many of the cases, the lawmakers told the Post that their efforts had been motivated by public interest, not personal gain.

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