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Questions about Williams' finances have been raised before Abscam. During his 1976 senatorial campaign, he was criticized for accepting some $28,000 from the banking and securities industries just before a Senate vote on securities legislation. Some observers feel that Williams, who has bought a Georgetown house valued at nearly $375,000, might be living beyond his means. Just last month he let it be known that he was thinking of running for Governor.

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