New Orleans area reelects congressman under probe
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New Orleans area U.S. Rep. William Jefferson won a ninth term to Congress in a surprising landslide on Saturday as loyal black voters shrugged off a federal bribery investigation into $90,000 found in his freezer.
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By Anonymous  Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-New Orleans, was briefed recently by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regarding the closure of the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet.
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The appointment of this city's first inspector general is the latest in a list of government reforms since Hurricane Katrina &#151; one some observers say reflects the waning of the public's long-standing tolerance of political corruption and waste.
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The embattled Louisiana representative won his reelection, but will he regain his influence in a new Democratic majority?
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A New Orleans grand jury will decide if a doctor and two nurses intentionally killed patients with injections before the hospital was evacuated in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Orleans Parish coroner Frank Minyard said Tuesday.
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House Democrats, insistent that they will hold lawmakers to higher standards, decided Tuesday that Rep. William Jefferson will not return to an influential committee until a federal corruption investigation involving him is completed.
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Â· Ex-president questioned as immunity comes to endÂ· Party officials said to have been on Paris city payroll
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French authorities said Wednesday they had opened a preliminary criminal probe into a lawmaker who headed a failed freelance mission to Iraq to free two French reporters who were finally released by their ...
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A mayor whose administration is under federal investigation. An alderman who just got hit with a federal bribery charge. Four politicians who served time for corruption and want their old jobs back.
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In the latest turn toward controversy in FloridaÃ¢ÂÂs 16th District Ã¢ÂÂ long represented by resigned Republican Rep. Mark Foley Ã¢ÂÂ Florida Democrats have accused the state Division of Elections of giving unfair advantages to state Rep. Joe Negron, the RepublicansÃ¢ÂÂ candidate to replace Foley, in his bid to prevent a takeover by Democratic nominee Tim Mahoney.
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The 2004 U.S. elections ended on  Saturday with Republicans and Democrats swapping one U.S. House  of Representatives seat each in runoff elections in Louisiana.
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Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.) was given up for dead politically after the FBI found $90,000 in alleged bribe money in his freezer, and he barely survived a Nov. 7 primary election, garnering 30 percent of the vote in a crowded field of 12 challengers.
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Democratic former congressman Ciro Rodriguez and Republican Rep. Henry Bonilla battled for a congressional seat in a runoff election Tuesday.
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House Democrats, insistent that they will hold lawmakers to higher ethical standards when they assume power next month, decided Tuesday that Rep. William Jefferson will not be returned to an influential committee until a federal corruption investigation involving him is completed.
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Since Representative Foley resigned, gay Republicans in Washington have been under what one describes as Âsiege and suspicion.Â
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BATON ROUGE, La.  - A Louisiana judge on Monday  ordered state officials to reopen the ballot in a U.S.  congressional race and allow new candidates to enter because of  a last minute party switch by the district's incumbent.
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The race to replace the late U.S. Rep. Charlie Norwood on Capitol Hill appears headed to a runoff.