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Article: Corruption issue besets House Democrats, again.(USA)

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June 6, 2007
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Byline: Gail Russell Chaddock Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

Washington -- After winning control of the House of Representatives on a campaign to end a culture of corruption on Republican-led Capitol Hill, Democrats are scrambling to respond to a 16-count indictment against one of their own.

The federal indictment charges nine-term Rep. William Jefferson of Louisiana with racketeering, wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy, soliciting bribes, obstruction of justice, and - a first for a member of Congress - violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which bans corporate bribery overseas.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the ...

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