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Article: REP. BOEHNER WILL OFFER RESOLUTION TO FORCE HOUSE ETHICS COMMITTEE ACTION ON WHETHER REP. JEFFERSON SHOULD BE EXPELLED FROM HOUSE

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June 4, 2007
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House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, issued the following press release:

House Republican Leader Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) announced today he will force a vote in the House of Representatives to refer the 94-page indictment of Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA) to the House Ethics Committee. The resolution will instruct the Ethics panel to review the serious allegations and evidence against Jefferson and report within 30 days on whether he should be expelled from the House for conduct that brings dishonor to the institution, jump-starting a stalled Ethics Committee process against Jefferson that was started during the 109th Congress but shut down by Democratic leaders in January 2007 ...

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