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Senator's indictment may hurt GOP
By: News Bites | Submitted on: 07/29/08(SGT NEWS BITE) - Ted Stevens, the U.S. Senate's longest-serving Republican and one of its most influential members, was indicted Tuesday on seven counts of failing to disclose more than $250,000 in gifts. Coming barely three months before Election Day, the indictment jeopardizes his re-election and damages his party's chances of recapturing the Senate.
Stevens, 84, who has long steered federal funds to his home state of Alaska, was forced to give up his positions as top Republican on two panels — including one he once chaired that controls defense spending.
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Stevens, 84, who has long steered federal funds to his home state of Alaska, was forced to give up his positions as top Republican on two panels — including one he once chaired that controls defense spending.
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