7/29/2008 - Indicted Senator Stevens Invests Heavily in Collins and Collins Returns the Favor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TUESDAY, JULY 29, 2008
CONTACT: REBECCA POLLARD, 772-4353
Alaska Republican Contributes $20,000 to Collins; Collins Contributes $5,000 to Stevens
(PORTLAND) - Alaska Republican Ted Stevens, now under indictment on seven federal charges concerning business deals in his home state, has invested heavily in Maine Senator Susan Collins. And she's returned the favor.
FEC records show that Senator Stevens, a 40-year member of the Senate and the longest-serving Republican, contributed $10,000 to Collins in 2002 and again this election cycle. And Collins contributed $5,000 to Stevens this cycle.
View Stevens' contributions to Collins here:
http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgot.php?cmte=C00331827&cycle=2008
http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgot.php?cmte=C00331827&cycle=2002
View Collins' contribution to Stevens here:
http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgot.php?cmte=C00391797&cycle=2008
"Susan Collins should send Senator Stevens' $20,000 right back to him," said Rebecca Pollard, communications director for the Maine Democratic Party. "And she should tell Mainers why she continues to support Washington's culture of corruption exemplified by Ted Stevens."
Read about Stevens indictment here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/29/AR2008072901416.html?hpid=topnews
