Word: alaska
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...forensic engineers have not yet determined why the bridge collapsed in Minneapolis, but the congressional porkers have made their diagnosis: Lack of money. Republican Congressman Don Young of Alaska complained that if President Bush hadn't forced deep cuts in his $375 billion transportation bill, America's infrastructure wouldn't be rotting so rapidly. "I don't do this often when I say I told you so," he said...
...same day the bill passed, federal agents raided the Alaska home of Ted Stevens, the longest serving Republican Senator in history. The Justice Department is targeting Stevens and Representative Don Young (R., Alaska) as part of an investigation of two former execs at Veco, an Alaskan energy-services company. Both execs pled guilty in May to bribery. While Stevens was chairman of the powerful Appropriations Committee and Young chaired the Transportation Committee, Veco landed more than $40 million in federal contracts. If corruption sweeps the GOP from power in Congress, Dems in Alaska hope that if they continue to seize...
...prioritize between national emergencies (such as stronger levees to prevent a Katrina-style catastrophe in Sacramento) and preposterous pork (such as a notorious $459 million flood-control scheme for Dallas, a study of a $3 billion dam on the Susitna River that Representative Don Young wants in Alaska, or the seven water and sewage treatment projects that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid tucked into the bill for Nevada.) The Senate considered an amendment that would have required prioritization of Corps projects according to national need, but it was overwhelmingly rejected. That's because the Corps is essentially a Congressional agency...
...perhaps, of this Congress. On Tuesday morning it was reported that FBI agents raided the home of Alaska Republican Senator Ted Stevens in conjunction with a public corruption investigation. In a statement, Stevens said the investigation should be allowed to continue until the whole truth is revealed and urged patience. That appears to be the very thing that congressional Democrats have...
POINT HOPE, ALASKA Snowman asks question in YouTube debate...