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Segami

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Mon Jan 27, 2014, 10:04 AM Jan 2014

Radel To RESIGN House Seat




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Rep. Trey Radel (R-Fla.) will resign from Congress on Monday, according to multiple sources.

Radel, 37, was caught buying cocaine in November from an undercover federal agent in Washington and spent nearly a month in a rehabilitation facility. He returned to Congress after the winter recess.

The first-term Republican plans to send a letter to Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) Monday, sources said.

It’s up to Florida Republican Gov. Rick Scott to schedule a special election for Radel’s seat. His southwest Florida district is solidly Republican — Mitt Romney won the district with 61 percent of the vote.



http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/trey-radel-resignation-102642.html?hp=t1
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Radel To RESIGN House Seat (Original Post) Segami Jan 2014 OP
With this fine (prime) example of republicanism Faux pas Jan 2014 #1
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