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      <excerpt>...seven African-American lawmakers &#8212; more than 15 percent of the total in the House. And an eighth black member, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.), would be under investigation if the Justice Department hadn&#8217;t asked the committee to back off, according </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...seven African-American lawmakers -- more than 15 percent of the total in the House. And an eighth black member, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.), would be under investigation if the Justice Department hadn't asked the committee to stand down. Not a singl</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Paul Davies were among the recent inductees into the Casa Italia Italian American Commerce &amp; Industry Hall of Fame. THE REV. Jesse Jackson speaks before a group of volunteer attorneys at a Chicago Bar Association breakfast Wednesday to help set up a pro</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31, which represents Howe's nearly 700 employees, U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., three state senators and 11 state representatives, two Cook County commissioners, and elected officials of more th</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...leases in New York, ownership interest in a Dominican Republic resort, storage of a vehicle in a House parking area. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., fundraising in return for Illinois Senate seat. Sam Graves, R-Mo., inviting a longtime friend and business pa</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...the content that you post. 				 The House ethics committee announced in September that it was investigating whether Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) acted improperly in pursuit of an appointment to fill the Illinois Senate seat vacated by President Obama</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...apartment leases in New York, ownership interest in a Dominican Republic resort, storage of a vehicle in a House parking area.  Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., fundraising in return for Illinois Senate seat.  Sam Graves, R-Mo., inviting a longtime friend and</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Reps. Duncan Hunter of California, Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Jeff Flake of Arizona as well as Democratic Re. Jesse Jackson, Jr. of Illinois joined Shuler on the bipartisan congressional roster. GOP Rep. Bill Shuster coached the squad. Several former NF</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Certainly, community &#8220;leaders&#8221; like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton (whom the Czar believes distrust each other deep down) thump their ad hoc podia at every opportunity with a similar message. In America, only social justice in monetary ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Showing up for six visits while keeping hope alive was Jesse Jackson. I&amp;#39;m not sure what the reverend is offering the Obamas, but they seem to like him more than Al Sharpton, who&amp;#39;s visited the White House twice. The late Sen. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...news item in The Washington Post some time back indicating there was an FBI probe when a purported associate of Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) allegedly stalked Rep. Lee Terry (R-Neb.). The news apparently never made it into the Chicago papers. Hmm. We</excerpt>
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