Read more congressman stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2536/congressman.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:40:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72915/shots-fired-at-oregon-reps-office.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOregon police are on high alert after shots were fired at the US district courthouse in Eugene over Wednesday night. Three of the four shots hit the windows of Democratic Rep. Peter DeFazio's office, although FBI investigators say they're not sure if his office was the intended target. No one...http://www.newser.com/story/72915/shots-fired-at-oregon-reps-office.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 4:26:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66193/ex-congressman-caught-with-90k-in-freezer-is-guilty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA federal jury convicted a former Louisiana congressman today of taking bribes on 11 of 16 counts in a case in which agents found $90,000 in his freezer. Former Rep. William Jefferson, a Democrat who had represented parts of New Orleans, was accused of accepting more than $400,000...http://www.newser.com/story/66193/ex-congressman-caught-with-90k-in-freezer-is-guilty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Aug 2009 17:31:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57927/kemp-changed-gop-forever.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFor Adam Clymer, writing in the New York Times , Jack Kemp won’t be remembered as just a Bills star and Buffalo congressman. He’ll be remembered as the player who boycotted a New Orleans game to protest segregation, and the politician who “moved the Republican Party to a commitment to tax...http://www.newser.com/story/57927/kemp-changed-gop-forever.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 03 May 2009 13:03:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57889/ex-congressman-qb-jack-kemp-dead-at-73.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJack Kemp, the former football star, congressman, one-time vice-presidential nominee, and self-described "bleeding-heart conservative" died today of cancer at age 73. Kemp, a former quarterback for the Buffalo Bills, represented western New York for nine terms in Congress, leaving the House for an unsuccessful presidential bid in 1988. Eight years...http://www.newser.com/story/57889/ex-congressman-qb-jack-kemp-dead-at-73.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 02 May 2009 21:31:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56065/somali-insurgents-fire-at-us-congressmans-plane.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSomali insurgents fired mortars at a Somalia airport as a US congressman was departing, the AP reports. None of the six shells hit the airport, and New Jersey Rep. Donald Payne made it away safely—but 19 civilians were wounded when the shells landed in nearby neighborhoods, a hospital administrator...http://www.newser.com/story/56065/somali-insurgents-fire-at-us-congressmans-plane.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 13 Apr 2009 13:10:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52516/lawmaker-obama-era-looks-like-atlas-shrugged.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA California congressman thinks President Obama’s economic policies are leading the country down the path described in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged , the Washington Independent reports. “The achievers, the people who create all the things that benefit rest of us, are going on strike,” Republican John Campbell said. “A kind of...http://www.newser.com/story/52516/lawmaker-obama-era-looks-like-atlas-shrugged.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Mar 2009 16:07:17 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/40266/nyc-gop-congressman-guilty-of-dwi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagVito Fossella could be facing 5 days behind bars after being found guilty of drunken driving, the New York Times reports. A hearing in December will determine whether the New York City congressman's blood-alcohol level was high enough to warrant jail time. The May arrest ended Fossella's political career after...http://www.newser.com/story/40266/nyc-gop-congressman-guilty-of-dwi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 18 Oct 2008 4:04:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36703/georgia-rep-calls-obamas-uppity-elitists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Atlanta-area Congressman described Barack and Michelle Obama as belonging to "an elitist class ... that thinks that they’re uppity,” CQPolitics reports. Lynn Westmoreland's comments, inspired by questions about recent speeches by Sarah Palin and Michelle Obama, touched off a linguistic battle over the word's racial implications. "I’ve never heard that...http://www.newser.com/story/36703/georgia-rep-calls-obamas-uppity-elitists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 05 Sep 2008 11:10:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34019/mccain-eyes-virginia-rep-cantor-for-veep.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJohn McCain is considering Virginia congressman Eric Cantor for the vice-presidential slot on his ticket, according to a campaign insider. As Barack Obama vets Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine as a possible No. 2, the state could turn into a vice-presidential battleground, Politico reports. Cantor, who has been a champion McCain...http://www.newser.com/story/34019/mccain-eyes-virginia-rep-cantor-for-veep.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 03 Aug 2008 5:32:38 CDT