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	Jim Jeffords - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jim Jeffords holds an undergraduate degree from Yale University (1956) and a law degree from Harvard Law School (1962).
		Jeffords was one of the founders of the Congressional Solar Coalition and the Congressional Arts Caucus.
		Jeffords made a deal with the Democrats according to which he votes with them on all procedural matters except with permission of the Whip, which would be rarely asked and rarely granted, in exchange for the committee seats that would have been available to Jeffords had he been a Democrat during his entire Senate tenure.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jim_Jeffords (934 words)

	Jim Jeffords - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		James Merrill "Jim" Jeffords (born May 11, 1934) is currently the junior U.S. Senator from Vermont and the only Independent in the United States Senate (though he caucuses with the Democrats).
		Jeffords has been frequently recognized for his skills as a legislator, receiving "Legislator of the Year" award in 1999, and the Sierra Club's highest commendation in 2002.
		Jeffords' Independent status changed the Senate composition from 50-50 (with a Republican Vice President) to 49 Republicans, 50 Democrats, and one Independent.
	www.newkensington.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Jim_Jeffords (725 words)

	OpinionJournal - Featured Article
		Jeffords stood by approvingly, David Dellinger, one of the Chicago Seven accused of inciting a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, publicly likened Mr.
		Jeffords, sworn as a juror in the case, arranged a private meeting with the defendant "to express his disappointment at Clinton's behavior." Shortly thereafter, he became the first Republican to declare that he would vote to acquit Mr.
		Jeffords, far ahead in the polls, joined Sen. Leahy and socialist independent Rep. Bernie Sanders in denouncing "divisive rhetoric." This code phrase was a mainstay of the Democrats' constant attack on Republican gubernatorial candidate Ruth Dwyer, an opponent of the civil unions law.
	www.opinionjournal.com /editorial/feature.html?id=95000549 (1170 words)

	The New York Times > Washington > Senator Jeffords Says He Will Retire Next Year
		Jeffords said he had decided to retire in part because his wife, Liz, is battling cancer and will soon undergo another round of chemotherapy.
		Jeffords had recently appeared in the House of Representatives, where he served earlier, and been told that he was in the wrong chamber.
		Jeffords served in the Vermont State Senate from 1966 to 1968, was state attorney general from 1968 to 1972, then served in the United States House of Representatives from 1974 to 1988, before winning his Senate seat.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/04/20/politics/20cnd-jeffords.html?ex=1271649600&en=c5581cc802984ede&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss (861 words)

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		Jeffords has suffered from a bad back and neck for years and has seemed confused by some of the questions in several recent news interviews.
		Jeffords' surprise decision was likely to unleash a host of candidates to replace him in the predominantly Democratic state.
		Jeffords was elected as a Republican to the U.S. House in 1974 and to the U.S. Senate in 1988, but he abandoned the party in 2001 because of disagreements with the Bush administration.
	www.wusatv9.com /news/news_article.aspx?storyid=39018 (668 words)

	Boston.com / News / Local / Vt. / U.S. Sen. James Jeffords, citing health, will not seek re-election (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Jeffords has held the Senate seat since 1989 but he captured the nation's attention in 2001 when his decision to abandon the GOP placed the Democrats in control of the U.S. Senate and made him a national hero among Democrats and a villain among Republicans.
		At the heart of Jeffords' decision was a belief the GOP in general and President George W. Bush in particular had become too conservative and that he could not remain in a party that favored tax breaks to the wealthy over full funding of education programs for the disabled.
		Jeffords' 2006 re-election seemed all but assured: He had $2 million in the bank, had hired a campaign staff and and won the endorsements of state Democratic leaders, including U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and former Gov. Howard Dean, now the chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
	www.boston.com /news/local/vermont/articles/2005/04/20/ap_exclusive_us_sen_james_jeffords_will_not_seek_re_election?mode=PF (1127 words)

	USATODAY.com - Jeffords officially becomes an independent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Jim Jeffords quit the Republican party to become an independent, but will vote on the Democratic side on many issues, thereby allowing the Democrats to assume control of the Senate this week.
		Jeffords said Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D., who will become majority leader on Wednesday, "made a very glowing and wonderful tribute to me," which was followed by tributes from several other Democrats, including Vermont's other senator, Patrick Leahy.
		Jeffords, 67, served in the House for 14 years and in the Senate since 1989 as a Republican.
	www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2001-06-05-jeffords.htm (536 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- Sen. James Jeffords, citing health, will not seek re-election
		In recent months, Jeffords' family and his staff questioned whether the 70-year-old senator was physically and mentally up to a statewide campaign for a fourth term.
		At the heart of Jeffords' decision was a belief that the GOP in general and President Bush in particular had become too conservative and that he could not remain in a party that favored tax breaks for the wealthy over full funding of education programs for the disabled.
		Jeffords was said to be eager to run for re-election to show Republicans that Vermont would elect him as an independent.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/20050420-1419-jeffordsretires.html (760 words)

	Online NewsHour: Balance of Power -- May 23, 2001
		Jim Jeffords may be a mild mannered guy but he's still a politician.
		JIM LEHRER: Tom, coming back to your first point, that all of this said, Jim Jeffords still has a difficult explaining job as to why all of these things happened to him and yet here's a life-long Republican, he's making this move and suddenly the politics or the power in Washington goes catty wampus.
		Now, to Senator Jeffords, who as I said earlier, has gone through this long process of estrangement that didn't begin with Bush's inauguration by any means, this is a kind of confirmation of what he's been feeling for the last several years.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/congress/jan-june01/jeffords_5-23.html (2042 words)

	Thank you, Senator Jeffords
		It was the first time since before the civil war that the southern reactionary right had controlled all three branches of government, and they were savage in their glee and intent on trampling the hated free and secular federalist state.
		Jeffords may have switched anyway, but the trigger event was a really stupid piece of miscalculation, reportedly by Karl Rove.
		They wanted to punish Jeffords for his open disagreements with some of the White House policies, and they did so in a childish and vicious way, excluding Jeffords from the invitation list for Educator of the Year.
	www.zeppscommentaries.com /Politics/jeffords2.htm (1037 words)

	Jim Jeffords gets riled up about the environment in a Grist interview \| By Amanda Griscom \| Grist Magazine \| Main Dish ...
		Grist tracked Jeffords down at his office to get the inside scoop on the important stuff: what's motivating his torrent of post-defection activism, the growing discontent among other pro-environment Republicans, his endorsement of Howard Dean's campaign, and his favorite Ben and Jerry's flavor.
		Jeffords (left), being sworn in to the Senate by George H.W. Bush.
		Jeffords (left), with Ed Clark of the National Wildlife Federation and a feathered friend.
	www.grist.org /news/maindish/2004/05/10/griscom-jeffords (2287 words)

	Senator Jim Jeffords -- Vermont (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Jeffords and Reeve are both supporters of increasing federal money for therapeutic stem-cell research.
		Senator Jeffords speaks to members fo the Rutland High School Band who marched in the inauguration parade of President Bush in January 2000.
		Jeffords is a champion of Civil War battlefield preservation.
	www.senate.gov /member/vt/jeffords/general/Photo_album4.html (216 words)

	CNN.com - Jeffords leaves GOP, throwing Senate control to Democrats - May 24, 2001
		The White House was left wincing by the Jeffords developments, as it overshadowed approval in the House of the Bush-backed education bill and passage in the Senate of tax cuts.
		Democratic sources say Jeffords has said that if he becomes an Independent, he will vote for Democratic Sen. Tom Daschle, now the minority leader, to be majority leader, shifting control of the Senate to the Democrats.
		Jeffords is chairman of the committee that has jurisdiction over health and education legislation, and holds a seat on the Senate Finance Committee, with jurisdiction over tax and trade matters.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/ALLPOLITICS/05/24/jeffords.senate (932 words)

	Jim Jeffords - The Shame of Vermont
		Jeffords told reporters that he had told President Bush he was making a politically disastrous mistake by failing to provide enough money for his education reform plan.recalled telling Bush he ''would be a one-term president'' unless he agreed to provide more.
		LISTENING to the breathless news coverage, you would think Sen. Jim Jeffords' defection from the Republican Party was the greatest patriotic act since the Army Rangers scaled the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc.
		In addition to "maverick," references to Jeffords must include the adjective "flinty." The establishment press's admiring use of the word "flinty" in reference to sell-out Northeastern Republicans is as inevitable as the tabloids' use of "luscious" to describe Hollywood starlets.
	www.free-press.biz /usa/jeffords/jeffords.htm (1143 words)

	BrothersJudd.com - Review of James Jeffords's My Declaration of Independence
		Jeffords off guard was not the conservatism of the party, but the fact that the GOP suddenly controlled both houses of Congress and the Presidency for the first time in several generations and that they might actually get something done.
		Jeffords threatening to withhold his support for the budget and tax cut unless he got his way, Democrats began to sense that ole Jeezum Jim wasn't all that interested in remaining a Republican.
		Jeffords can hardly have failed to noticed the tenets of his own party during the prior 26 years he ran under its banner.
	www.brothersjudd.com /index.cfm/fuseaction/reviews.detail/book_id/863 (2031 words)

	Senator Jim Jeffords to Retire » Outside The Beltway \| OTB
		Jim Jeffords, who abandoned the Republican Party mere months after being re-elected under their banner in 2000, has announced he is not running for re-election in 2006.
		Vermont Sen. Jim Jeffords, an independent who triggered one of the most dramatic upheavals in Senate history when he quit the GOP four years ago, announced Wednesday he would retire at the end of his term next year, citing his and his wife’s health.
		Jeffords, 70, had been adamant in saying he would seek re-election, but he reversed himself.
	www.outsidethebeltway.com /archives/2005/04/senator_jeffords_is_expected_to_retire (665 words)

	Jim Jeffords_National Corvette Museum Hall of Famer
		Jim Jefford's reunion with the Purple People Eater is on the 1998 Corvettes at Carlisle Video.
		Jim's dreams of becoming a racecar driver began when he was six or seven, but he would have to wait until 1954 for his dream to begin.
		Jim feels his induction is a "tremendous honor;" especially since he is only the 5th racer ever to take a place in the National Corvette Museum Hall of Fame.
	www.corvettevideos.com /feature2_2.html (605 words)

	Salon.com Politics \| Will Trent Lott pay for losing the Senate? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		With Jim Jeffords headed home to Vermont for the most-anticipated political press conference in months, and with Democrats with names like Ted Kennedy measuring curtains for their new offices as committee chairmen, Republicans were left with just one conceivable question: Who lost the Senate?
		Jim Jeffords was always an honest, honorable moderate Republican, and I am sure would have liked to stay that way.
		Jeffords' defection is also the latest indicator that the supposedly secure and steady hands of Bush's team are in fact shaky.
	archive.salon.com /politics/feature/2001/05/24/jeffords (852 words)

	Remarks Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Retirement Announcement Of Senator Jim Jeffords
		Jim and I have known and worked with each other since the days long ago when he was Attorney General of Vermont, and I was prosecuting criminals as State’s Attorney of Chittenden County.
		Jim has ably continued the Vermont legacy of national leadership on the environment, in the tradition of Senator Bob Stafford, from Jim’s days in the other body, to his Chairmanship and now as Ranking Member on the Environment and Public Works Committee.
		Jim also feels passionately about improving education in America, and his imprint can be found on innumerable laws and initiatives over the years in pursuit of that goal.
	leahy.senate.gov /press/200504/042005a.html (589 words)

	The Bitter Wilderness of Jim Jeffords
		Jim Jeffords became a household name in the spring of 2001, when, on May 24, Jeffords bolted the Republican Party because, in his words, “Looking ahead, I can see more and more instances where I will disagree with the President on very fundamental issues.”
		So it was something of a novel moment to see Jeffords again in the news, via comments he made on March 23 to Bob Kinzel, the host of VPR’s “Switchboard” radio program, an affiliate of the family of NPR stations.
		Jeffords was even the “lone dissenter” on a Senate bill urging that U.S. soldiers in Iraq be given “war on terrorism medals” in October, 2003.
	www.michnews.com /cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/208/7828/printer (921 words)

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