[VRWCmember]

Melanie Sloan, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a congressional watchdog organization, said Jefferson's reelection put the new speaker in a bind.

CREW - a congressional watchdog organization - HAH. CREW is a liberal activism organization. It must have really galled Melanie to criticize the Jefferson situation. Oh, and Sloan - the executive director of this "congressional watchdog" group - has also worked as minority counsel for the House Judiciary Committee for then-ranking member John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.). Some watchdog!

[ClaireSolt]

Forget elected representative government. Melanie Sloan can take down your congressman with a flick of her wrist.

[Right Cal Gal]

"Pelosi had to put him (Jefferson)somewhere."

Says who? If she was all she claimed to be, she could have said "I'll give you an assignment when the charges are cleared up - right now you're a liability to the party." She's an idiot, and the rest of the country is learning that fast.

They stomp their feet about the mandate they've received. Here's my question and I'd appreciate any pointers for researching same my fellow Freepers can offer: Did the newly elected frehsmen Democratic Congress critters receive MORE votes in their districts than the previous Democrat candidates (i.e., did they take votes away from their Republican opponent), or did the Republicans simply not vote for their candidate, but did not vote for the Democratic candidate? I thought this election was more about disgust with the RINO's that had betrayed the Party than it was about getting Dems in - witnessed especially by the fact that so many of the Dem candidates ran center/right instead of center/left.

[radar101]

In 1994, Ms. Sloan served as Counsel for the Crime Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, chaired by then-Representative Charles Schumer (D-NY). There, she drafted portions of the 1994 Crime Bill, including the Violence Against Women Act. In 1993, Ms. Sloan served as Nominations Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee, under then-Chairman, Senator Joe Biden (D-DE). Prior to serving in Congress, she was an associate at Howrey and Simon in Washington, D.C. and at Sonnenschein, Nath and Rosenthal in Los Angeles, California. Ms. Sloan received her A.B. and J.D. from the University of Chicago and has published in the Yale Law and Policy Review, Legal Times, The Washington Post, and the San Diego Union-Tribune.

[radar101]

In 1994, Ms. Sloan served as Counsel for the Crime Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, chaired by then-Representative Charles Schumer (D-NY). There, she drafted portions of the 1994 Crime Bill, including the Violence Against Women Act. In 1993, Ms. Sloan served as Nominations Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee, under then-Chairman, Senator Joe Biden (D-DE). Prior to serving in Congress, she was an associate at Howrey and Simon in Washington, D.C. and at Sonnenschein, Nath and Rosenthal in Los Angeles, California. Ms. Sloan received her A.B. and J.D. from the University of Chicago and has published in the Yale Law and Policy Review, Legal Times, The Washington Post, and the San Diego Union-Tribune.