Eddie Bernice Johnson
Texas congresswoman Johnson admits she violated rules
A Texas congresswoman admitted that she wrongly steered thousands of dollars in college scholarships from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation to her own relatives and children of a staff member but said she did so unwittingly. Democratic Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson told The Dallas Morning News that she arranged the scholarships over the last four [...]
Lawmaker violated rules by steering CBC Foundation scholarships to relatives
Dallas Morning News – Longtime Dallas congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson has awarded thousands of dollars in college scholarships to four relatives and a top aide’s two children since 2005, using foundation funds set aside for black lawmakers’ causes. The recipients were ineligible under anti-nepotism rules of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, which provided the money. [...]
