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Ted's connections with: Ted’s PACsStevens’ Legal Defense FundStevens Announced He Was Creating A Legal Defense Fund To Help Pay His Legal Bills. The Ted Stevens Excellence In Public ServiceThe Ted Stevens Excellence In Public Service ‘527’ Was Founded On October 16, 2003 To Increase The Number Of Republican Women Elected To Office. Roll Call reported that the groups’ aim was to raise “about $50,000 a year to create a training ground for female candidates and campaign workers.” Ted Stevens’ Federal Favors For VECOVECO Corporation And Its Subsidiaries Have Received More Than $95 Million In Federal Contracts Since 2000. Between 2000 and 2007, VECO and its subsidiaries were awarded a total of $95,777,803.40 in a total of 190 federal contracts. Ben Was Paid Over $70,000 By SEMCO Energy, Which Received $2 Million In Earmarked Federal Funds From Ted.Ben Was Paid Over $70,000 By SEMCO Energy, Which Received $2 Million In Earmarked Federal Funds From Ted. Votes Against VeteransTed Stevens failed to ensure that our wounded soldiers receive the level of medical care they need and deserve. During the 109th Congress (2005 to 2006) alone, Ted Stevens voted to block efforts to provide more resources to veterans and for military health care five times. War ProfiteeringMembers of Congress were outraged when it was revealed that sole-source contractor Halliburton overcharged the U.S. government by millions of dollars to import and sell gasoline in Iraq. Senator Stevens, however, has voted against establishing a commission to investigate waste, fraud and abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan four times. Defense ContractorsAs a leader on the Appropriations Committee from 1997 to 2005, Senator Stevens wielded great influence over military spending. An analysis of the 2005 appropriations cycle by Business Week, Stevens’ last year as Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, demonstrated that 10 of the top 20 earmark recipients were clients of Robison, a lobbying firm that was also assisting Stevens with campaign assistance. Ted Stevens FoundationThe Ted Stevens Foundation was founded in 2000 as “an Alaska non-profit corporation…to recognize and honor the career and public service” of Senator Stevens. Jack AbramoffRepublican lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy, fraud and tax evasion on January 4, 2006. Prosecutors proved that he used “campaign contributions, lavish trips, meals and other perks to influence lawmakers and their aides.” Ted and Big TelecomIn 2006, while serving as the chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, Senator Ted Stevens pushed for a rewrite of the nation’s communications act that did not include nondiscrimination provision, known as ‘net neutrality.’ Ted on the InternetTed called the Internet “not a truck” but “a series of tubes.” |
 
Sen. Stevens got $2.7 million for pal’s road October 25, 2008 Stevens Took Campaign Contributions From Saddam Hussein Lobbyist October 15, 2008 NBC News covers Stevens trial and the Senate race September 26, 2008 When It Comes To The Wall Street Mess, Stevens Is Part Of The Problem In rare exchange with reporters, Palin avoids endorsing Sen. Ted Stevens’ political future September 25, 2008 
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