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Republican US senator facing re-election settles six-year bakery debt

Kansas Senator Roger Marshall repaid a bakery bill double after the business made repeated collection attempts over six years for treats from his 2020 election watch party.

On air: Hank Ledger, Vera Bullock and Gloria Vance on BBN This Morning
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Photo: U.S. Senate Photographic Studio · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: U.S. Senate Photographic Studio · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTime to pay that off: Republican Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas has settled a six-year-old bill from a bakery that supplied treats for his twenty twenty election watch party.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe Guardian reports the bakery made repeated collection attempts, and the senator says his team has no idea how this happened.

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorHe repaid the bill double, and he is up for re-election.

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSix years is a long time to wait for your cupcakes to be paid for, and I hope the bakery gets a lovely thank-you card.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorDouble the bill. That's the interest on a very stale pastry.

  6. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI have seen governments settle larger debts faster, and with less cake.

  7. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSix years?

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSports is next, and Rex always pays his tab, mostly in high fives.

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