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22 hrs ago | Orange Juice

OC Sea Change: the Viet-Dem PAC Kickoff

Remember how the ONLY Republican in Congress to vote in favor of healthcare was Louisiana's bold Joseph "Anh" Cao - who also happens to be the only Vietnamese-American in Congress.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Louisiana, Vietnamese-American, Asian-American

Wed Nov 25, 2009

The Corner

McCain on Landrieu's $100 Million -- By: Robert Costa

And you thought the Pelican State had seen it all. Nearly five years ago, thenLouisiana congressman William Jefferson, a Democrat, hid $90,000 cash in his freezer.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Louisiana, Healthcare Law, Law, 2008 Presidential Election, US Senate, John McCain, Republican

Mon Nov 23, 2009

NOLA.com

Jefferson listens silently to judge, for now: Stephanie Grace

Former Democratic Louisiana Congressman William Jefferson, second from left, is surrounded by reporters as he enters U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Opinion

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Sentencing Law and Policy

A final take on a record-setting federal corruption sentence

This Roll Call article , whic is headlined "Jeffersona s Sentence Is a Record-Setter," provides some post-game commentary on this past Friday's federal sentencing of William Jefferson .

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Prison, Republican, Randy Cunningham

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Free Republic

Video: Landrieu Blames ABC Report of $100 Million Buyoff on...

What's $100 million of taxpayer money between a few U.S. Senators? After reports surfaced, originally from ABC News, and subsequently commented upon by prominent lefties, like U.S. News and World Report's Bonnie Erbe as my colleague Noel Sheppard pointed out, Sen.

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Related Topix: US House of Representatives, US Politics, Democrat, US News, US Senate, Mary Landrieu

New Pittsburgh Courier

Jefferson gets 13 years

The state of the African-American community is the same across the country - low graduation rates coupled with high incarceration and unemployment rates.

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Related Topix: Prison, Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh Metro, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Randy Cunningham, Democrat

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

Md. motel standoff instigator faces sentencing

The instigator of a two-day standoff with police at a western Maryland motel faces sentencing in Hagerstown.

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Related Topix: Maryland, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Education

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Philly.com

Editorial: Asking questions

Congressmen are getting cranky about the work of a new independent House ethics board, and that's a good sign.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Laura Richardson, Maxine Waters, Republican, Sam Graves, Opinion

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Hugh Hewitt

"We Knew We Were Going To Put Obama In"

Jude at 2:30 PM Media-culture warrior Andrew Breitbart continues to amaze with his willingness to get in the middle of a story.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh Tribune

Jefferson's sentence

The 13-year prison sentence that erstwhile Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., faces -- the longest ever for a former member of Congress -- is appropriately severe for a man convicted of exploiting political power for personal gain.

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Related Topix: US House of Representatives, US Politics, Democrat, US News, Opinion

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

Former Cal player sentenced in fraud case

A former University of California lineman who spent time in the Tennessee Titans' camp in 2001 has been sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for his role in a $5 million Ponzi scheme.

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Related Topix: California, Federal Prisons, Prison, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Education

Myrtle Beach Online

Former NC councilman faces prison on tax evasion

A former city councilman in North Carolina has been sentenced to spend a year and a day in prison for tax evasion.

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Related Topix: North Carolina, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Education

Louisiana Weekly

Jefferson gets 13 years

Friday the 13th lived up to its reputation as former U.S. Congressman William Jefferson was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison.

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Related Topix: Jefferson, LA, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, New Orleans, LA, Donald Payne, Jim McCrery, Republican

Mon Nov 16, 2009

News-Star

Analysis: Is the future still Cao?

NEW ORLEANS - "The Future is Cao" was the widely reported subject line of a memo U.S. House Minority Leader John Boehner issued the day after Republican Anh "Joseph" Cao won an upset victory over Democrat William Jefferson last December.

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Related Topix: New Orleans Metro, New Orleans, LA, US News, US Politics, Eric Cantor, Republican, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Jefferson, LA

KXMB-TV Bismarck

Democrat Gets 13 Years In Jail On Bribery Charges

Nov 14 2009 12:00AM http://sayanythingblog.com/index.php William "Cold Cash" Jefferson finally gets his : Former Democratic Rep.

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Related Topix: US House of Representatives, US Politics, Democrat, US News

NewsBusters.org

No Party ID on ABC for Imprisoned Jefferson; CBS Skips Sentencing

Former Congressman William Jefferson, the New Orleans Democrat with bribery cash hidden in his freezer, was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison, the longest-ever for a Member of Congress on a corruption charge -- yet the CBS Evening News didn't utter a word about it, just as that newscast ignored his August conviction, while ABC's World News ...

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Related Topix: US House of Representatives, US Politics, Democrat, US News, Louisiana

Sun Nov 15, 2009

MSNBC

175 years for evangelist in child sex

William 'Dollar Bill' Jefferson sentenced A A Nov. 13: Former Louisiana congressman William Jefferson, who made headlines when the FBI found $90,000 in his freezer, was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison for taking bribes.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Texarkana, AR, Texarkana, TX Metro, Federal Prisons, Prison

Times-Picayune

Party or district, Cao doesn't quite fit

It's been quite a year for U.S. Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao. Twelve months ago, he was still largely unknown in the congressional district he would soon be elected to represent, under the most flukish of circumstances.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Jefferson, LA, Vietnamese-American, Asian-American, 2008 Presidential Election, Opinion

Fox News

Hive of Scum and Villainy

In the original Star Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker are in search of a freighter pilot to get off the planet.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, John Doolittle, Republican, Randy Cunningham, Jerry Lewis, Maxine Waters

Sat Nov 14, 2009

The Miami Herald

Corruption lands ex-Louisiana congressman 13 years

Prosecutors called a former Louisiana congressman's corruption the most extensive in the history of Congress.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Prison, New Orleans, LA, Criminal Defense Law, Law

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