Ah, how the bennies of the father are visited upon the son!
A 2003 article counted at least nine separate cases in which Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) has done favors for companies or organizations which paid his son Ben over $1.5 million in salary and “consulting fees.” And there have been more since then. (The article, from the Los Angeles Times, was unearthed by the Washington, D.C.-based Sunlight Foundation.)
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=182564