Specter Denies Funneling Money for Lobbyist

Posted on Feb 17, 2006

New York Times: WASHINGTON, Feb. 16—Senator Arlen Specter defended himself and a member of his staff on Thursday after the disclosure that clients of a lobbyist married to the staff member had received money through the senator’s actions.

Vicki Siegel Herson, who until recently was Mr. Specter’s legislative assistant on the Appropriations Committee, is married to Michael Herson, a top executive of the lobbying firm American Defense International.

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