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EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - When poor students from this impoverished city got into college, Charlie Powell Jr. chipped in so they could attend. He got a trophy case for a junior high school. He ran a clean, loving boarding home for people who were homeless or mentally ill, keeping them safe and off the streets. Along the way, he rose to great political power, in recent years as a precinct committeeman and head of the local Democratic Party. It's that position that proved to be his undoing. In a federal courtroom Tuesday, despite testimony reciting his good works,...

I posted a thread before about some inside information that national review had that boxer MIGHT contest the election.. But now... I was watching MSNBC and they said that Barbra Boxer will stand and contest the results and join Conyers. Its all over DU if you want to check out there forums (if you can). Sorry no link yet, just saw it on TV. If and when this goes down, what exactly happends? Is it an automatic 2 hour debate and vote or do they have to vote on having the debate in the first place?