Senators Ted Kennedy (D-MA) and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) promise a bill next week to toughen laws against the federal government using taxpayer money for publicity or propaganda within the US. The bill follows scandals involving the Bush administration paying commentator Armstrong Williams $240,000 to promote the "No Child Left Behind" law and columnist Maggie Gallager more than $21,000 for columns and reports supporting a $300 million administration plan on marriage.
The House Committee on Government Reform has released a report saying the Bush administration used a record $88 million in taxpayer money for publica relations contracts in 2004 -- more than double what was spent in 2000. (CBS)
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