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Sen. John Cowdery, R-Anchorage, exits the Senate chambers during a recess March 3, 2008, in Juneau. The federal government charged Cowdery on July 10, 2008, with bribery and conspiracy and is accusing him of conspiring with executives of VECO Corp. to bribe another unnamed state senator for votes to support oil and gas legislation.
