Senator Ted Stevens is giving around $18,000 to the Red Cross and other charities, to offset campaign contributions by Jack Abramoff and his clients, according to the
Associated Press:
[Stevens campaign treasurer Tim] McKeever says the Stevens campaign gave up the thousand-dollar Abramoff contribution last month by donating it to the Alaska chapter of the Red Cross. He says the campaign and Stevens' leadership PAC also will donate to charities to offset the contributions from Abramoff clients. McKeever says those added up to about 17-thousand dollars.
Two things to think about: first, Stevens is encouraging the return/donation of Abramoff money, which Bush and others still refuse to do. He can be used as yet another example to counter the 'the money is already spent' excuse and other such dodges. And second, is this an indication that he's serious about his repeated threats to quit the senate?