Veco Loves Don Young BestIt looks like Veco plays favorites. Since 1993 the oil services company tangled in several of the Alaska corruption investigations has given Rep. Don Young (R-AK) more than two and a half times what it’s donated to Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK), the AP reports.
Young’s raked in $180,630, while Stevens has only pocketed $70,500 (but that presumably doesn’t include other perks like Veco employees remodeling his house or parking cars at his fundraisers.) Young and Stevens are both under federal investigation for their ties to the corporation. The FBI is particularly interested in the annual pig roast former Veco CEO Bill Allen would host for Young.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski has only pulled in a pittance ($41,250), but she’s only been in Congress since late 2002, when her father bequeathed his seat to her to become governor of Alaska.