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...contributions made close to the time of the earmark. VECO Corp.'s Bill Allen regularly hosted a "pig roast" campaign fundraiser for Young, without reporting the costs as campaign contributions. Allen is now in federal prison after pleading guilty...
...charged that he did it to benefit a developer who owns land around the interchange and who hosted a $40,000 fundraiser for Young in 2005. Coburn and at least one other senator had placed holds on the bill. VoxBox Voice Your Thoughts Do you...
...renovate the senator's home in 2000. Stevens has said he paid every bill he received. VECO also helped organize fundraisers for Young, who has come under scrutiny in the investigation.
...along." Former VECO chief Bill Allen held annual fundraisers for Young and public records show the congressman received...highway that could benefit a builder who hosted a fundraiser for Young. The money was desired by local officials and he...
...He has been criticized for backing projects that aid supporters, including a $10 million earmark in a federal highway spending bill to study extension of a Florida highway that could benefit a builder who hosted a fundraiser for Young.
...Commissioner Ray Judah said. Then last week, The New York Times reported a Michigan builder who threw a $40,000 fundraiser for Young in Florida two years ago owns thousands of acres of undeveloped land that would become a lot more valuable if Coconut...
...Michigan businessman Daniel Aronoff organized a fundraiser for Young, who then earmarked $10 million for a study of...is old news and more than somewhat distorted. A fundraiser for Young was held in Florida in February 2005. There were...
...as the source of the change, and said one of the prospective backers of the Coconut Road project had held a fundraiser for Young in 2005. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., a leading critic of earmarks, demanded an investigation, and the Senate...
...congressional influence peddler Jack Abramoff. The FBI is investigating Young's ties to a Florida developer who held a fundraiser for Young in 2005 and then benefited from a change Young made to a federal highway bill as chairman of the House Transportation...
...president, until revised, redirected money to an interchange that could have benefited a developer who conducted a fundraiser for Young. Young contends the project was supported in Florida to provide better access to shelter during hurricanes. Young's...