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Old Dog, Old Tricks

12.18.07 -- 9:21AM
By David Kurtz

From Roll Call (sub. req.):

Despite scrutiny from investigators representing at least five federal departments and agencies, a midsummer raid of his home by law enforcement officials and a home-state governor increasingly hostile to earmarks, GOP Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska is showing no signs of abandoning earmarks and directed spending, netting interests in the state more than $88 million in this year’s omnibus, according to a review by Roll Call.

That total includes nearly $3.5 million for the Alaska Sealife Center — which is being investigated by the FBI, Department of Interior and the Internal Revenue Service as part of their inquiry into Stevens — as well as millions of dollars for berry research, “alternative salmon products” and other programs benefiting Alaska businesses with ties to the lawmaker.

Late Update: Paul Kiel has more.

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