Federal auditors said yesterday that they will investigate whether the Department of Health and Human Services violated the law by awarding a $21,500 contract to commentator and marriage advocate Maggie Gallagher.
Gallagher apologized to readers of her syndicated column for not disclosing the payments to work on President Bush's marriage initiative while she was also praising the program. She has maintained there was no connection between the contract and her political views.
 
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Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), who, with Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), requested the Government Accountability Office inquiry, said in a statement that "the president should put in place sound policies that benefit all Americans rather than pay the press to promote bad policies."
Lautenberg added that "the Bush propaganda mill has violated the trust of the American people."
-- Howard Kurtz
