Fishing trips put Washington on the hook

Marketplace | October 15, 2007

Over the past 20 years Alaskan oil entrepreneur Bill Allen and people who work for him gave more than $1 million to candidates running for Congress. But his connections gave him another way to gain influence in Washington — fishing. Steve Henn reports.

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