La. Rep. tries to save political future
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Embattled U.S. Rep. William Jefferson hunted for votes among churchgoers Sunday as he headed into the final week of a campaign to hold onto his seat and salvage his political fortunes.
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Louisiana once was critical to the Southern strategy of Sen. John Kerry, but no longer. Indeed, the Democratic presidential candidate has no major plans for Dixie.
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Sen. Larry E. Craig yesterday launched a campaign to save his political career, dismaying fellow Republicans with his determination to stay in the Senate if he successfully overturns his guilty plea, made after he was arrested in a sex sting in an airport men's room.
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Disaster may not be too strong a word for Rep. Katherine Harris' Senate campaign.
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Senator Lamar Alexander is opposed to a fixed withdrawal but wants a change of mission.
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Republican Alan Keyes needs votes, so he is here to meet and greet and make nice. This is a daunting task. Not many of his fellow Republicans have expressed great interest in the the former presidential candidate now running for a Senate seat from Illinois.
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No one is giving him much of a chance, but the former Senator with the populist message insists he can outlast his more prominent rivals
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The Congressional Black Caucus has asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to form a new committee on Hurricane Katrina to focus more urgently on rebuilding the Gulf Coast, particularly New Orleans.
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Facing a Dec. 9 runoff for his seat in Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District Ã¢ÂÂ and highly publicized bribery allegations that threaten to end his House career at eight terms Ã¢ÂÂ Democratic Rep. William J. Jefferson is showing a good bit of resilience. His contest with Democratic state Rep. Karen Carter does not appear to have a strong favorite with just more than a week to go before the Saturday voting.
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A Louisiana Democrat facing a  bribery investigation was kicked off a powerful congressional  committee on Friday, ending an unwelcome distraction for  Democrats as they try to keep the national focus on Republican  scandals in an election year.
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âFoot-in-mouthâ senator has found a new strategy to stay on message.
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A U.S. congressman from Louisiana, under investigation by the FBI after they found $90,000 in cash in his freezer, was endorsed by New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on Saturday and vowed that allegations of bribery would not hurt his re-election campaign.
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Gov.-elect Christine Gregoire has a Republican rival who still wants to overturn the election, but she has other things on her mind.
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It has not been a pretty sight on Capitol Hill in the waning hours of Republican control. Once-powerful lawmakers have been shown the door at their own offices, forced to crowd in a basement or other nooks to finish their work, if not their careers. The usual backslapping has given way to back pats as colleagues try to comfort losers who will soon be going home.
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Changing Louisiana's reputation for corruption would do more than just make over its image, Gov.-elect Bobby Jindal said Sunday: It could help the state attract businesses and win federal aid for hurricane recovery.
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A string of political setbacks has damaged Republicans' hopes of regaining the Senate majority next year and increased the likelihood Democrats might expand their razor-thin margin.
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NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 10 -- Rep. William J. Jefferson may be a pariah in some Washington political circles, but voters in this storm-battered city weighed in over the weekend with their own verdict regarding their scandal-plagued congressman: He's still our guy.