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From NBC's Doug AdamsIn Alaska, they call it "Stevens' money" -- the billions in federal grants, contracts and largesse that Sen. Ted Stevens has steered to Alaska over the last 40 years. But "Stevens' money" on Capitol Hill isn't so popular anymore</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>Republicans giving back Stevens money</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/30/1234850.aspx#1234894</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:12:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1234894</guid><dc:creator>It's worse than they thought.</dc:creator><description>Dang like rats leaving a sinking ship. &amp;nbsp;*ROFL*</description></item><item><title>Republicans giving back Stevens money</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/30/1234850.aspx#1234913</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:13:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1234913</guid><dc:creator>TEC-spring-tx</dc:creator><description>John Mcain really ranks high on his donner list. </description></item><item><title>Republicans giving back Stevens money</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/30/1234850.aspx#1234919</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:14:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1234919</guid><dc:creator>iowan</dc:creator><description>Wow, Eliz Dole is still a senator? &amp;nbsp;Does she work?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Tha place is a real geriatric unit, isn't it? &amp;nbsp;</description></item><item><title>Republicans giving back Stevens money</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/30/1234850.aspx#1234930</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:16:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1234930</guid><dc:creator>Change, no - cash in large denominations, yes</dc:creator><description>Drill, drill, drill.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Then grease those palms.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Extreme home makeover first.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Big government contracts second.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Pass the loot third.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Country - doesn't even make the list.</description></item><item><title>Republicans giving back Stevens money</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/30/1234850.aspx#1234938</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:17:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1234938</guid><dc:creator>JessicaElaine</dc:creator><description>NOW they get a conscience? &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Oh please!</description></item><item><title>Republicans giving back Stevens money</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/30/1234850.aspx#1234942</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:17:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1234942</guid><dc:creator>MSierra, SF</dc:creator><description>I wonder what 'charity' these Republican are donating to ......&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Chruch of the Goeey Death&lt;br&gt;(and Discount House of Worship) ??&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;White Citizen's Council ?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Horst Wessel society ?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What 'charity' will John McCain donate his dirty money to ???</description></item><item><title>Republicans giving back Stevens money</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/30/1234850.aspx#1234946</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:18:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1234946</guid><dc:creator>gg, fl</dc:creator><description>THE FOLK/SENATORS GIVING BACK THE MONEY ARE THE SAME SENATORS WHO CHAMPIONED STEVENS AS THE &amp;quot;APPROPRIATIONS KING&amp;quot; KING OF PORK BARRELL SPENDING&amp;quot; &amp;nbsp;GAVE HIM WHAT HE WANTED AND THEY THINK SOMEHOW THAT GIVING THIS MONEY TO CHARITY WILL ERASE THEIR WRONG DOING?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;WHY DIDN'T THESE SENATORS STOP THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR INSTEAD OF SUPPORTING.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;THE KATRINA VICTIMS WHO LOST EVERYTHING WERE AT THEIR LOWEST LEVEL OF SUFFERING DURING HIS GETTING OVER 4+MILLION DOLLARS TO GET HIS &amp;quot;BRIDGE TO NO-WHERE&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;THE SENATE CARED MORE ABOUT GIVING STEVENS HIS PORK BARREL MONEY THAN HELPING THE KATRINA VICTIMS.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;AND WE ARE TO REWARD THEM NOW FOR NOT &amp;nbsp;STOPPING SOMETHING THAT WAS SO MORALLY WRONG?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;NOT TODAY.</description></item><item><title>Republicans giving back Stevens money</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/30/1234850.aspx#1234949</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:18:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1234949</guid><dc:creator>mad in Madtown</dc:creator><description>Look at all of the rats jumping ship! &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;GOP = Gorging on PACS</description></item><item><title>Republicans giving back Stevens money</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/30/1234850.aspx#1234954</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:19:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1234954</guid><dc:creator>Paul Miller, Woodbridge, VA</dc:creator><description>Good for them. But then, if this indictment was somehow executed privately, out of the media spotlight, would any of them have worried about not using &amp;quot;Northern Lights&amp;quot; money?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;My guess is no. Its easy to look honorable when you are kinda sorta forced to.</description></item><item><title>Republicans giving back Stevens money</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/30/1234850.aspx#1234960</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:20:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1234960</guid><dc:creator>mark, Salem,CT</dc:creator><description>Republicans are corrupt. &amp;nbsp;Tell me it ain't so :-)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In 2006 the sex and corrpution scandals cost the Republicans big time.</description></item><item><title>Republicans giving back Stevens money</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/30/1234850.aspx#1234963</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:21:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1234963</guid><dc:creator>John B, Des Moines, IA</dc:creator><description>How many millions of times have right-wingers accused Liberals of &amp;quot;situational ethics&amp;quot; with righteous indignation?</description></item><item><title>Republicans giving back Stevens money</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/30/1234850.aspx#1234973</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:22:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1234973</guid><dc:creator>vl, fl</dc:creator><description>PERHAPS THE REPUBLICANS SHOULD CONSIDER GIVING THIS MONEY TO AMERICANS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR HOMES, JOBS, PENSIONS&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;AFTER ALL THEY SAT BACK AND GAVE STEVENS THE PORK BARREL SPENDING FOR HIS BRIDGE TO NO-WHERE WHEN KATRINA VICTIMS WERE HURTING AND TURNED A BLIND EYE.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;PERHAPS THE TAXPAYERS DESERVE TO GET SOME OF THEIR MONEY BACK FOR ALL THIS APPLAUDING FOR THE PROK BARREL MONEY THAT STEVENS RECEIVED SO PROUDLY AND WAS APPROVED BY THOSE LONG TERM SENATORS............WHO FAILED TO PUT THE NEED OF THE TAXPAYERS WHO PAY THEIR CHECKS FIRST. &amp;nbsp;YOU THINK?</description></item><item><title>Republicans giving back Stevens money</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/30/1234850.aspx#1235005</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:27:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1235005</guid><dc:creator>The GOP</dc:creator><description>Quick, everybody, hide the Ted Stevens money before they find out you took a contribution!!!</description></item><item><title>Republicans giving back Stevens money</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/30/1234850.aspx#1235010</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:27:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1235010</guid><dc:creator>Tina, NC</dc:creator><description>Wow, Eliz Dole is still a senator? &amp;nbsp;Does she work? &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Tha place is a real geriatric unit, isn't it? &amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;iowan&lt;br&gt;------------&lt;br&gt;Don't worry iowan. &amp;nbsp;Doles days are numbered. &amp;nbsp;She's going to loose and loose big time. &amp;nbsp;And no she doesn't work unless of course you count trying to add the late Jesse Helms name to an AIDS bill. &amp;nbsp;The Jesse Helms who was a poster boy for bigotry and a stain on the great state of NC. She laughable. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Obama '08&lt;br&gt;Hagen '08</description></item><item><title>Republicans giving back Stevens money</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/30/1234850.aspx#1235046</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:33:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1235046</guid><dc:creator>donna</dc:creator><description>JOHN McCAIN -- No word on if McCain's campaign will donate to charity its $5,000 contribution from Stevens' leadership PAC. The contribution was made in early April 2008. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;***************************&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;McCain is shameful. But he's a war hero don't 'cha know. Who will hold him accountable? We the people.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For the other repubs scrambling around, it's too little too late. They knew Stevens was dirty. They should have listened to Senator Obama like the DNC. They are poorer, and The DNC is 10 times richer with clean money. Our money. The people's money.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thank G-D for a little comedy relief! </description></item><item><title>Republicans giving back Stevens money</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/30/1234850.aspx#1235072</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:37:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1235072</guid><dc:creator>matthew</dc:creator><description>Rats from the sinking ship is right! &amp;nbsp;Man look at them scurry!</description></item></channel></rss>