Spider
05-04-2006, 10:50 AM
time for you to pay the piper ..........and the Democrats that support him should be removed from officecome election time .....if they dont see anything wrong with this , then they will pull the same crap ............
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Democrats_will_stand_by_U.S._Rep._0504.html
Democrats will stand by U.S. Rep. implicated in bribery scandal
RAW STORY
Published: Thursday May 4, 2006
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Democrats in the House of Representatives will not put public pressure on Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA) to resign his position, even though he has been tied to the receipt of bribes in excess of $450,000, RAW STOY has learned.
A report in today's Roll Call claims that, behind the scenes, Democratic leaders including Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), hope for Jefferson's departure from Congress. Internal party politics, claims the article, are preventing leaders from speaking out in public on the matter.
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House Democrats will not publicly call on Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.) to leave office, despite a guilty plea in federal court on Tuesday by Vernon Jackson, a Kentucky businessman who allegedly paid Jefferson and his family more than $450,000 in bribes.
Behind the scenes, Democratic insiders said that everyone from Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on down would love to see Jefferson resign from Congress, although they won’t make an open declaration about Jefferson because of internal party politics.
Among other things, the Democratic leadership does not want to alienate the Congressional Black Caucus by calling for Jefferson’s ouster. Several CBC members — including Reps. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.) and Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) — have donated to a legal defense fund set up by Jefferson in 2005, and African-American politicians have been concerned for years that law enforcement unfairly targets minority lawmakers for official scrutiny.
“There is a lot of sensitivity on the issue of African-American lawmakers being the subject of criminal investigations” by the FBI or other agencies, said an aide to one CBC member. “The leadership knows this and wants to step gingerly.”
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Democrats_will_stand_by_U.S._Rep._0504.html
Democrats will stand by U.S. Rep. implicated in bribery scandal
RAW STORY
Published: Thursday May 4, 2006
Print This | Email This
Democrats in the House of Representatives will not put public pressure on Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA) to resign his position, even though he has been tied to the receipt of bribes in excess of $450,000, RAW STOY has learned.
A report in today's Roll Call claims that, behind the scenes, Democratic leaders including Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), hope for Jefferson's departure from Congress. Internal party politics, claims the article, are preventing leaders from speaking out in public on the matter.
Excepts from the registration restricted article follow:
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House Democrats will not publicly call on Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.) to leave office, despite a guilty plea in federal court on Tuesday by Vernon Jackson, a Kentucky businessman who allegedly paid Jefferson and his family more than $450,000 in bribes.
Behind the scenes, Democratic insiders said that everyone from Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on down would love to see Jefferson resign from Congress, although they won’t make an open declaration about Jefferson because of internal party politics.
Among other things, the Democratic leadership does not want to alienate the Congressional Black Caucus by calling for Jefferson’s ouster. Several CBC members — including Reps. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.) and Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) — have donated to a legal defense fund set up by Jefferson in 2005, and African-American politicians have been concerned for years that law enforcement unfairly targets minority lawmakers for official scrutiny.
“There is a lot of sensitivity on the issue of African-American lawmakers being the subject of criminal investigations” by the FBI or other agencies, said an aide to one CBC member. “The leadership knows this and wants to step gingerly.”