Vincent Fumo.

• Position: People & Politics - Brief article

A powerful Pennsylvania senator has been sentenced to 55 months in federal prison following his conviction on 137 counts of corruption in defrauding the Senate, tax fraud and obstruction of justice. Vincent Fumo, former chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, was convicted of misspending more than $2 million in Senate money and $1.5 million from a nonprofit and a museum. Senate staffers testified that...