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  • House GOP to object to Jefferson's Homeland Security seat

    02/28/2007 10:10:16 AM PST · by khnyny · 26 replies · 875+ views
    CNN ^ | 2/28/07 | CNN
    WASHINGTON (CNN) -- House Republican Whip Roy Blunt, R-Missouri, announced Wednesday that Republicans will object on the House floor to Rep. William Jefferson, D-Louisiana, getting a seat on the House Homeland Security Committee. Jefferson is entangled in a federal bribery investigation related to his dealings with a telecommunications company. Federal investigators found $90,000 in cash in his freezer in 2005 after Jefferson allegedly accepted a $100,000 bribe from an FBI informant. Despite the investigation, Jefferson was re-elected to a ninth term to his New Orleans' seat in a run-off election in December. Blunt called the move by the Speaker Pelosi,...