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...resounding reelection of U.S. Rep. William Jefferson this weekend has left many in New Orleans scratching their heads, wondering how the scandal-plagued Congressman could have coasted into a ninth term even as a federal bribery investigation swirled around him. And more to the point, how effective can Jefferson be with a majority that ran on an anti-corruption campaign - particularly at a time when the city and Louisiana are in desperate need of federal help in the region's Hurricane Katrina recovery effort...
...Incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who orchestrated Jefferson's ouster from the powerful Ways and Means Committee even before the Democrats won back the House in November, seems unlikely to restore Jefferson to a position of influence, and Jefferson may find it harder to work with his Democratic colleagues as long as the clouds of suspicion follow him. "He looks like a person who will have political difficulties operating in the House, and that's not good for his constituents," says Loyola University political scientist Ed Renwick. "If he doesn't operate from a position of strength, that makes...
...Jefferson himself seemed untroubled by such questions Saturday evening as the vote tallies showed him walloping his runoff rival, state representative Karen Carter, by a 20-percentage-point margin. (Because of Louisiana's peculiar open primary system, the two top finishers in November's election, both Democrats, squared off weeks later.) Jefferson, in his victory speech, vowed to "do all that I can, all that is in my power, with the help and grace of God, to serve you as fully, as effectively as I possibly...
...That will be a very tall order for the veteran politician. Jefferson is the target of a federal probe into allegations that he shook down a Kentucky entrepreneur for $100,000 in bribes and lucrative contracts for a business owned by Jefferson's wife in exchange for the Congressman's help in procuring contracts for the Kentucky technology firm, iGate, in West Africa. Two people connected with the case, including former iGate CEO Vernon Jackson, have pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with investigators...
...craftsmen rather than Hill. Hill probably acquired the hats while rescuing an American held captive by a Nootka tribe, known for their basketry hats, Malloy said. The Howells director of the Peabody Museum, William L. Fash, said that objects in the Lewis and Clark exhibit had passed through Thomas Jefferson, Philadelphia’s Peale Museum, and the Boston Museum. The Peabody acquired the works after the Boston Museum was damaged by fire in 1899, he added. Malloy said her interest in Hill, on whom she has written a forthcoming biography, stems from his globe-trotting...