Jefferson's win after scandal big headache for Pelosi

By Charles Babington and Allan Lengel
Washington Post Staff Writers

Filed 12.12.06

House Democratic leaders, who have vowed to run a more ethical Congress, are struggling with how to respond to the reelection of Rep. William J. Jefferson, the Louisiana Democrat whose Washington home freezer once held $90,000 in alleged bribe money.

Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), poised to be the next speaker, stripped Jefferson of his seat on the influential Ways and Means Committee in June and has hinted that she may place him on no committee when the 110th Congress convenes next month. But a source close to Pelosi said yesterday that she is more likely to place him on a lower-profile committee and hope the controversy dies down.

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Caption & Credit: "Dollar Bill Jefferson (D-LA)" artwork by audacious