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	<title><![CDATA[Alaska Republicans Weighed Down By Legal Bills]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/07/whats-bad-for-alaska-repu_n_111188.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>In an article that got buried underneath a holiday news cycle late last week, the AP <a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hdHuzL72HIBCvcsWuXtE9kP6SxFgD91MFE5G0">revealed</a> that Alaska Rep. Don Young has been using campaign donations to pay personal legal fees stemming from an FBI investigation into bribery and corruption. In the last six month period of disclosure, files show, the 18-term Republican has spent more than $35,000 on legal counsel. And while dipping into campaign coffers for such a purpose is kosher when the underlying issue is...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-07-15T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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