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  • June 2008

    • Salty Senate Candidates Heating Up Alaska

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 19, 08 4:18 PM CDT

      Salty Senate Candidates Heating Up Alaska

      A sweltering Senate contest looks likely to warm up Alaska come November, Katherine Rizzo writes in the Wall Street Journal , as “cantankerous bully” and 40-year incumbent Ted Stevens faces the mayor of Anchorage in what’s already a mudfest. Democrat Mark Begich has reminded voters of Stevens’ convict friends and of the federal search of the Republican's home—and Ted has pushed right back. More »

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      FBI  • negative campaigning  • Alaska  • IRS  • Ted Stevens  • eviction  • Mark Begich

  • April 2008

    • Anchorage Mayor to Run for Ted Stevens' Senate Seat

      newser  |  Anchorage Daily News  |  Apr 21, 08 9:07 AM CDT

      Anchorage Mayor to Run for Ted Stevens' Senate Seat

      The Democratic mayor of Anchorage will throw his hat in the ring today for the Alaska Senate seat Ted Stevens has held for 4 decades, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Stevens, one of the Senate's most notorious pork producers, has been reelected easily 7 times, but is now under federal investigation for corruption. Mark Begich will face three other Democrats in a primary; the 84-year-old Stevens will run against two GOP challengers. More »

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      Senate  • Alaska  • campaign  • Democrat  • Republican  • Ted Stevens  • candidate  • Mark Begich

    • Pork Watchdog Taps Byrd

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  Apr 2, 08 2:03 PM CDT

      Pork Watchdog Taps Byrd

      Fiscal responsibility and vegetarianism took a hit today with the release of the 2008 Oinkers, awarded by a Washington watchdog group for the "most egregious and blatant examples of pork." Sen. Robert Byrd landed the top award for earmarking $386 million for West Virginia, but Alaska was the least kosher state, with $555.54 in earmarks per citizen, reports the Chicago Tribune . More »

  • March 2008

    • GOP's Strength Frays at Local Level

      newser  |  Politico  |  Mar 24, 08 3:44 PM CDT

      GOP's Strength Frays at Local Level

      Their national candidate needs support, but the Republican Party's state chapters are in no position to lend John McCain a hand, Politico reports. From New York to Alaska, local organizations are rife with dissension, debt, and scandal. "We are clearly rebuilding," says the Michigan GOP chairman. More »

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      John McCain  • California  • Arnold Schwarzenegger  • Alaska  • Kansas  • Arkansas  • campaign funds  • Ted Stevens  • Kathleen Sebelius  • family values

  • December 2007
  • November 2007

    • No Pol Left Behind in Alaska Corruption

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Nov 12, 07 4:07 PM CST

      No Pol Left Behind in Alaska Corruption

      Back-room backslaps, pockets stuffed with $100 bills, and the odd Viagra pill—the Washington Post looks at the freewheeling frontier-style corruption exposed in oil-rich Alaska over the last few years, as elected representatives on every level were caught in scandals and many entered guilty pleas. Now the stain is threatening to spill out of Juneau to Washington, with the state's lone congressman and one senator under scrutiny. More »

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      Alaska  • bribe  • Ted Stevens  • Juneau  • public corruption

    • Senators: Vets Need New GI Bill

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Nov 9, 07 11:36 AM CST

      Senators: Vets Need New GI Bill

      The US needs a spruced-up GI Bill for today's veterans, Chuck Hagel and Jim Webb say in an op-ed in today's New York Times . The Vietnam vets argue that the measure "was one of the most important pieces of legislation in our history" and call for a new version to cover the skyrocketing cost of education for those who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. More »

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      Iraq veterans  • Chuck Hagel  • Ted Stevens  • John Warner  • Jim Webb  • GI Bill  • Daniel Inouye

  • September 2007

    • FBI Taped Senator's Phone Calls in Corruption Probe

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Sep 21, 07 4:24 AM CDT

      FBI Taped Senator's Phone Calls in Corruption Probe

      The FBI secretly taped phone calls between Alaska Senator Ted Stevens and an oil businessman during an investigation into contract corruption, according to sources. The oil contractor agreed to the tapings last year after he was confronted with evidence that he had bribed other Alaska lawmakers, AP reports. Stevens acknowledged only months ago that he was the target of a corruption probe. More »

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      Senate  • FBI  • corruption  • Alaska  • bribery  • Ted Stevens  • Senate Republicans  • Bill Allen

    • Senator Blocks Presidential Papers Bill

      newser  |  Dallas Morning News  |  Sep 20, 07 12:03 PM CDT

      Senator Blocks Presidential Papers Bill

      An unidentified Republican senator is blocking a bill that would overturn President Bush's 2001 executive order allowing presidents to keep their papers permanently classified . The bill, approved by the House 333-93 in March, would easily survive a presidential veto if it passed the Senate. A hold is essentially a promise to filibuster, and may be filed anonymously. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Senate  • Ted Stevens  • filibuster  • Tom Coburn

  • August 2007
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