Posted on 06/06/2006 9:08:56 PM PDT by ncountylee
The chances that Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.) will keep his seat on the powerful Ways and Means Committee grew slimmer yesterday as House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) issued a stinging assessment of the embattled Louisianan’s legal situation.
“He sits on a tax-writing committee, and he had $90,000 found in his freezer. I think he’s got a tax problem if nothing else,” Hoyer said, responding to reporters’ questions about whether Democrats would seek to oust Jefferson forcibly from the panel even though he has yet to be charged with a crime.
Jefferson pointedly declined a recent request from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for him to step down, reasserting his innocence and implying that she should ask the same of Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-W.Va.) who has faced ethics questions about earmarks he obtained on the Appropriations Committee.
“If members are to be treated equally, I think Mr. Mollohan has an appropriations problem,” a Democratic aide sympathetic to Jefferson fumed.
Last night, members of the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee were expected to discuss Jefferson’s dilemma at a members-only meeting. If Pelosi were to remove Jefferson forcibly, she would first have to put the issue to a vote of that body, which has jurisdiction over Democrats’ committee assignments. That vote was not expected to occur last night, but she could pursue it at a later date.
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This is starting to be fun.
Looks like that "culture of corruption" thingy is turning on SanFranNan.
LOL...They're not only not rushing to his aid, they're distancing themselves as fast as they can. This is entertaining.
Dems can get away with murder, but if a Republican so much as frowns then its gavel-to-gavel coverage on the MSM.
It will be real fun when congress critters have to defend their sloooooooooooooooooow tribunal to their local constituents. It's one thing to claim it's an internal house matter, and its it's another to take forever to resolve it.
Back of the bus, under the bus. Life in the Democrat Party really hasn't changed much for the African-American, now has it?
RFLMAO
"He's just as bad as me".
"No I'm not. You are worse"
As the chickens come home to roost.
I'm confused....doesn't everybody have $90,000 stashed in their freezer? I don't, but then again, I'm not a Democratic Congressman......what's the big deal?
Hoyer is also the one who criticized Stephen Colbert's treatment of President Bush.
I guess a broken clock can be right *twice* in one day!
Whoa! Okay, now, y'all can sit down again. Thank you ;o)
I thought that Ms. Lugosi cut a deal with the Black Caucus that she wouldn't do anything? So is this Hoyer trying to prop her up, knowing that nothing will come of it? Man, these Democrats are a courageous bunch... (yeah, I know - our unconservative Republicans are as spineless as a jellyfish, too)
How does Rove DO it?!!!
How does Rove DO it?!!!
Most likely.........
Yep, Rove himself snuck into Jeffersons office and planted that $90,000.
I can picture it in my mind.
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