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To: eureka!

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D95D7M180&show_article=1

The last time the Senate refused to seat a member was in 1947, when Mississippi Democrat Theodore Bilbo was accused of corruption and bribery, according to Don Ritchie, associate Senate historian.


10 posted on 12/30/2008 11:52:56 AM PST by jimbo123
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To: jimbo123

There was one in the 70s to.


13 posted on 12/30/2008 11:55:31 AM PST by nickcarraway (Are the Good Times Really Over?)
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To: jimbo123

Re#10 Thanks for the link. Coincidentally, the 1969 Powell case I was thinking of just showed up here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2156293/posts


30 posted on 12/30/2008 12:05:48 PM PST by eureka! (Dear Lord: Some epiphanies for some of the 'rats now in charge, particularly BO? Please...)
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