Pelosi Takes Case to Black Media
Leader Tries to Pre-empt Backlash Over Jefferson Action
- By Steve Kornacki
- Roll Call Staff
- June 13, 2006, Midnight
The fight over the Ways and Means Committee seat held by Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.) is now playing out on the airwaves and in the pages of publications aimed at blacks, as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) seeks to dispel the notion that she’s enforcing a double standard by demanding that Jefferson step down prior to any criminal charges being filed against him.
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