Sen. Ferguson quits filibuster on Tobacco bill; passage helps Angelos win; Angelos to collect $1 billion

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Posted by Phil Lee (216.250.238.73) on August 08, 2001 at 21:04:

Campaign cash follows vote shift; State senator says no donation discussed in tobacco bill battle; Angelos helps Ferguson

Summary: When state Sen. Timothy R. Ferguson broke ranks with his party and switched his vote to end a Republican-led filibuster of a tobacco bill in April, the Carroll County lawmaker stunned his GOP colleagues.

Source: The Sun
Date: 10/30/1998


A local wag described this behavior by saying "Tim the Filibuster-Buster!"



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