Open Congress : News Articles for William Jefferson

YOU VOTE: 2008's biggest scoundrel

2008-12-30T00:00:00Z

Yes, this has been a historic year that will be remembered for the election of the nation's first African-American president. And President-elect Barack Obama will surely be atop many laudatory lists. But let's go in a different direction for a minute.

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Reader views: Retired people paying; Republicans one-upped; wage ...

2008-12-29T00:00:00Z

Examples include William Jefferson, with his bribe money in the freezer, Christopher Dodd getting a loan with a preferential rate, Charlie Rangel and his ...

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What's in a Name? Nothing Earned, Yet

2008-12-29T00:00:00Z

... of the University of Arkansas is also on the grounds of the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library, and does not qualify as an honorific). ...

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Politico lists Perriello vs. Goode in "Top 10 Political Upsets of ...

2008-12-29T00:00:00Z

... victory of Anh â€œJosephâ€ Cao for Louisiana Second District against William Jefferson, the "Perriello versus Goode" bout found its place close to the top. ...

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Southern Political Report

2008-12-29T00:00:00Z

US Trade Representative-designate (D), is the only Southerner with cabinet status among President-elect Obamaâ€™s choices for top jobs. ...

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Humor: Cheney vs. Iran

2008-12-29T00:00:00Z

US Rep. William Jefferson will be replaced by a Republican after he was arrested for having $90000 in cash in his freezer. Today, he looks like the smartest ...

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Renzi tries to wiggle through constitutional loophole

2008-12-29T00:00:00Z

Most recently, â€œspeech or debateâ€ limits have been tested in the bribery case against US Rep. William Jefferson, D-La. Jefferson attempted to win dismissal ...

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Guess Who Gets A Raise?

2008-12-29T00:00:00Z

Former Rep. William Jefferson, the Louisiana Democrat who was caught on tape in 2005 placing $100000 in marked bills into the trunk of his car, ...

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Top 10 political upsets of 2008

2008-12-29T00:00:00Z

Rep. William Jefferson (Louisiana 2nd District): If you set out to find an unlikelier new member of Congress than Cao, youâ€™d have your work cut out for you. ...

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Louisiana may find new type of Republican

2008-12-29T00:00:00Z

That district has an African American majority, and was held by William Jefferson, who is facing trial in federal court in Washington, DC, on charges of ...

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Sense of entitlement leads pols to corruption

2008-12-28T00:00:00Z

... and Bob Ney, R-Ohio, convicted in unrelated corruption cases, and outgoing Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., found with $90000 in cash in his freezer. ...

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With rash of scandals, trust is gone

2008-12-28T00:00:00Z

Ted Stevens and Louisiana Rep. William Jefferson are either accused of malfeasance, officially charged with corruption or already convicted. Illinois Gov. ...

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Sense of entitlement leads pols to corruption

2008-12-28T00:00:00Z

...congressmen, Randy "Duke" Cunningham, R-Calif., and Bob Ney, R-Ohio, convicted in unrelated corruption cases, and outgoing Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., found with $90,000 in cash in his freezer. Then, of course, there is Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, wh

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HANSON: The that-was-then year

2008-12-27T00:00:00Z

Tim Mahoney of Florida and William Jefferson of Louisiana proved every bit as repugnant as the Republican cheats Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska and Rep. ...

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Keeping It Real for Dec. 27, 2008

2008-12-27T00:00:00Z

...presidential candidate in 2012 or 2016. The 41-year-old Republican lawyer had the audacity to challenge nine-term U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-New Orleans, and pulled off the upset to became the first Vietnamese American elected to Congress. Cao’s r

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Top 10 people we'll miss in 2009

2008-12-26T00:00:00Z

Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.): We'll miss Jefferson, though not nearly as much as congressional Republicans will. No matter how many of their own were ...

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Prosecutors urge that case against William Jefferson go to trial

2008-12-26T00:00:00Z

...Federal prosecutors are urging an appeals court to get on with Rep. William Jeffersons corruption trial, saying his appeal to the Supreme Court does not have enough chance of success to justify further delays. Jefferson. D-La., was indicted on bribery c

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Feds: Jefferson’s appeal to high court improbable

2008-12-26T00:00:00Z

...WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors are urging an appeals court to get on with Rep. William Jefferson’s corruption trial, saying his appeal to the Supreme Court does not have enough chance of success to justify further delays. Jefferson. D-La., was ind

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Court urged to move Rep. Jefferson's trial along

2008-12-26T00:00:00Z

...WASHINGTON -- Federal prosecutors are urging an appeals court to get on with Rep. William Jefferson's corruption trial, saying his appeal to the Supreme Court does not have enough chance of success to justify further delays. Jefferson, D-La., was indict

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Democrats are taking over . . . everything

2008-12-25T00:00:00Z

William Jefferson and Charles Rangel in money scandals, and Rep. Tim Mahoney and Gov. Eliot Spitzer in sex scandals. And Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in a ...

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