GOVERNMENT CONFLICTS, CORRUPTION AND INDICTMENTS

- ALASKA -

Date	Individual / State Agency	Who, What, Where?
06/24/2005	Senate	Senator Scrutinized for Huge Profit Senator Ted Stevens made $822,000 on an investment of $50,000 with an Alaskan contractor who had won a huge federal contract with his help. The contract was for $450 million for housing for the U. S. Air Force. Stevens, a member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, who is able to funnel huge amounts of federal assistance to his home state, has said that he never used his influence for personal gain.