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| | MiamiHerald.com | 09/03/2006 | Hastings may get key post (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
 | | Hastings, some Democrats say, may be in line to become chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, should Democrats take over the House in November -- a possibility that some polls suggest is increasingly likely as voters become increasingly weary of the war in Iraq. |
 | | Critics suggest that Hastings, whose district includes parts of Broward, Palm Beach, Hendry, Martin and St. Lucie counties, is unfit to head the intelligence committee because the former federal judge was impeached by the House in 1988 amid allegations of misconduct involving bribery. |
 | | Hastings, who is unopposed for reelection, has the backing of the Congressional Black Caucus, which was angered when Pelosi in June moved to push embattled Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., off the House Ways and Means Committee. |
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