Dems keep Jefferson off Ways and Means
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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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Majority Democrats in Congress, prevented last week from passing a Senate resolution opposing White House Iraq policy, get a fresh chance this week in the House of Representatives.
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Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.), indicted on federal bribery charges, said yesterday in court papers that he did nothing illegal and accused prosecutors of bringing the case against him in Virginia because there would be fewer black jurors.
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The closest thing Congress has to a peace movement &#151; 71 liberals who want to yank Iraq funding and bring troops home swiftly &#151; faces a dilemma: The lawmakers can back a Democratic plan they think is too weak, or they can block it and risk an embarrassing defeat for their cause.
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A growing clamor among rank-and-file Democrats to halt President Bush's most controversial tactics in the fight against terrorism has exposed deep divisions within the party, with many Democrats angry that they cannot defeat even a weakened president on issues that they believe should be front and...
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His inclusive approach is the way to go. But his party's failure to follow his lead is offering the Democrats an enormous political opportunity.
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Voters trickled into the polls on a chilly Saturday morning for a runoff to determine the fate of U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, whose long tenure was threatened by a federal bribery investigation.
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Senator Barack ObamaÂs move has created complications for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and other Democrats.
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Democrats are encountering a mixture of resistance and retreat from abortion rights advocates in their own party.
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The House voted Friday to take away besieged Rep. William Jefferson&#039;s committee seat, then dispatched its own lawyers to join him in court to seek the return of documents seized in a federal bribery probe.
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Louisiana congressman William Jefferson on Tuesday requested temporary leave as a member of the House Small Business Committee, a day after he was indicted by a federal grand jury on a raft of corruption charges.
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Democratic leaders fear that Rep. William J. Jefferson's indictment yesterday on racketeering and bribery charges, coming exactly one year after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi engineered his ouster from the powerful Ways and Means Committee, could rekindle a smoldering dispute between the speaker and...
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The fate of U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, whose long tenure was threatened by a federal bribery investigation, would be determined Saturday in a runoff that was one of the nation's last unresolved midterm races.
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In Missouri, a longtime bellwether, bragging rights are more important than delegates. And the Dems race is tightening
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The "Fighting Dems" aren't a collective powerhouse after all.
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The House of Representatives, prodded by Republicans, voted on Tuesday to possibly consider expelling indicted Democratic Rep. William Jefferson of Louisiana before he even stands trial.
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The Democratic senators are pushing the Democratic Party further from the business-friendly posture once championed by Bill Clinton.