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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.

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.

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

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 .

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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 ...

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.

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.

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

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