Not a Historian

The Congressional Black Caucus on removing Rep. Jefferson (Crooked-LA) from his committee seat:

The caucus chairman, Rep. Melvin Watt of North Carolina, told reporters that some black voters might ask why action was sought against "a black member of Congress" when there was neither precedent nor rule for it.

I think it says something that I'm willing to believe there's no precedent for removing a Congressman from a choice committee seat after he's been taped accepting a suitcase with $100,000 which was later recovered from his freezer.

Sigh.