The Unlikely Comeback of Congressman William Jefferson
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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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Rep. Dan Boren (Okla.) woke up yesterday morning as one of the few Democrats in Congress who hadn't completely abandoned President Bush on the war. He ended the day the same way.
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Fully one dozen candidates filed to challenge embattled Democratic Rep. William J. Jefferson in LouisianaÃ¢ÂÂs 2nd District, which under the stateÃ¢ÂÂs unique electoral system will hold a single-ballot, all-candidate primary election Nov. 7 Ã¢ÂÂ the date on which the congressional general elections will be held in states and districts elsewhere across the country.
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Louisiana Democratic Rep. William J. Jefferson Ã¢ÂÂ burdened by a highly publicized federal investigation into whether he took bribes Ã¢ÂÂ nonetheless won SaturdayÃ¢ÂÂs runoff election in LouisianaÃ¢ÂÂs 2nd District, and even appears to have defeated Democratic state Rep. Karen Carter by a comfortable margin.
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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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House Democratic leaders, who have vowed to run a more ethical Congress, are struggling with how to respond to the reelection of Rep. William J. Jefferson, the Louisiana Democrat whose Washington home freezer once held $90,000 in alleged bribe money.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who stripped embattled Rep. William Jefferson of his seat on a powerful tax committee last year, has decided to put him on the Homeland Security panel, infuriating some Republicans who charge he may be a security risk.
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Every few years someone sounds a death knell over the Democratic Party, political analyst Norm Ornstein wearily noted, and it&#39;s just about then that the party of Jefferson and Madison resurrects itself yet again.
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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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Louisiana congressman William Jefferson received more than $500,000 in bribes and sought millions more in nearly a dozen separate schemes to enrich himself by using his office to broker business deals in Africa, according to a federal indictment Monday.
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Representative Paul Gillmor, a Republican, was found by members of his staff after he did not show up at his office.
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Al Jefferson returned to action last night , two weeks after undergoing an appendectomy, wearing protective padding around his midsection. Although Jefferson was pleased with his quick return, he expects to feel fatigued in his first couple games back. He had 6 points and 8 rebounds last night in 19 minutes against the Bobcats.
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Republicans on Tuesday sought a speedy ouster of Rep. William J. Jefferson from Congress, possibly before his trial on federal charges of taking more than $500,000 in bribes.
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Back in power, the Democrats are discovering that role reversal in the House isn't all it's cracked up to be
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J. Dennis Hastert will become one of the few House speakers, and the first in almost 50 years, to rejoin the rank and file.
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Early returns showed U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, whose long tenure was threatened by a federal bribery investigation, led Saturday's runoff in one of the nation's last unresolved midterm races.
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Rep. William Jefferson pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of soliciting more than $500,000 in bribes while using his office to broker business deals in Africa.