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 yearâs omnibus, according to a review by Roll Call.
That total includes nearly $3.5 million for the Alaska Sealife Center â which is being investigated by the FBI, Department of Interior and the Internal Revenue Service as part of their inquiry into Stevens â as well as millions of dollars for berry research, âalternative salmon productsâ and other programs benefiting Alaska businesses with ties to the lawmaker.
Late Update: Paul Kiel has more.
