Just when we thought there was no more Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) news for the day, John Bresnahan hears that he’s promising to block ethics legislation.
You couldn’t make this up:
Republican Sen. Ted Stevens, whose home back in Alaska was raided by federal investigators Monday in a wide-ranging corruption investigation, has threatened to place a hold on the Democratic-drafted ethics legislation just passed by the House and expected on the Senate floor by week’s end.The senator told a closed session of fellow Republicans today, including Vice President Dick Cheney, that he was upset that the measure would interfere with his travel to and from Alaska – and vowed to block it.
And Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho), confirming Stevens’ threat, said bluntly: “There could be a lot of holds on this bill.”
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