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<DIV class=inside-copy>WASHINGTON (AP) — In awarding Rep. William
Jefferson a new lease on his political life, Louisiana voters this weekend
also saddled Nancy Pelosi with another ethics quandary as she prepares to
become the Democratic speaker of the House of Representatives.</DIV>
<P class=inside-copy>"It's going to be quite a headache for the
Democrats," Melanie Sloan, executive director of Citizens for
Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, said Sunday.</P>
<P class=inside-copy>Jefferson easily won a runoff Saturday despite being
dogged by a federal corruption investigation and FBI allegations that he
had $90,000 in bribe money in his freezer. The first black member of
Congress from Louisiana since Reconstruction, Jefferson has not been
charged with any crime and has denied wrongdoing. He returns to Washington
for a ninth term under a cloud that will complicate Pelosi's vow to make
this "the most honest, most open, and most ethical Congress in
history."</P>
<P class=inside-copy><B>JEFFERSON WINS:</B> <A onclick=""
href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-12-09-louisiana-jefferson_x.htm"
target=""> Embattled Democrat captures runoff</A></P>
<P class=inside-copy>Democrats ran against a "culture of corruption" that
they said Republicans had fostered while in control of Congress. Election
Day surveys showed that corruption and scandal were deciding factors in
how people voted.</P>
<P class=inside-copy>Last June, Pelosi pressed the House to strip
Jefferson of a coveted committee assignment: a seat on the tax-writing
Ways and Means Committee. Pelosi now may come under pressure to restore
his committee assignment or at least place him on a committee where he
could benefit New Orleans.</P>
<P class=inside-copy>Jennifer Crider, a spokeswoman for Pelosi, did not
address committee assignments Sunday. In a statement, she said, "Leader
Pelosi has said that it is up to the people of New Orleans to choose who
represents them and they did that."</P>
<P class=inside-copy>After his victory speech Saturday night, Jefferson
said: "I don't try to second-guess Ms. Pelosi. I don't go there to work
for anyone, I go there to work with the people down here. And I want to
work with everyone there. I hope we'll have a chance to talk later."</P>
<P class=inside-copy>Washington Democrats stayed out of Jefferson's
campaign against Democratic state Rep. Karen Carter. The national party
spent no money on behalf of Jefferson, and Carter significantly outraised
and outspent Jefferson in the campaign.</P>
<P class=inside-copy>Republicans now see an opportunity to turn the tables
on Democrats. "Jefferson is going to serve as a telling reminder for the
American public that the Democrats and their leadership are all talk when
it comes to ethics," said Kevin Madden, spokesman for House Republican
Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio.</P>
<P class=inside-copy>Sloan said it will be difficult to deny Jefferson a
committee assignment because another Democrat under FBI investigation,
Rep. Alan Mollohan of West Virginia, is in line to be chairman of a
subcommittee that oversees the bureau's budget. Mollohan, whose personal
finances have come under scrutiny, is now the top Democrat on the
Appropriations subcommittee that sets the Justice Department budget.</P>
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