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Traficant speaks on the importance of water resource projects. Recorded September 26, 1996. James Anthony Traficant Jr. ( / ˈtræfɪkənt / TRAF-ih-kənt; May 8, 1941 – September 27, 2014) was an American politician and convicted felon who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio.
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Jul 18, 2002 · Missed Votes. From Jan 1985 to Jul 2002, Traficant missed 439 of 9,386 roll call votes, which is 4.7%. This is worse than the median of 2.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Jul 2002. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
Time PeriodVotes EligibleMissed VotesPercent1985 Jan-Mar36411.1%1985 Apr-Jun1541711.0%1985 Jul-Sep10133.0%1985 Oct-Dec14810.7%Sep 27, 2014 · Politics Sep 27, 2014 5:46 PM EDT. CLEVELAND — James Traficant, the colorful Ohio politician whose conviction for taking bribes and kickbacks made him only the second person to be expelled from ...
Sep 27, 2014 · Updated 4:23 PM PDT, September 27, 2014. CLEVELAND (AP) — James Traficant, the colorful Ohio politician whose conviction for taking bribes and kickbacks made him only the second person to be expelled from Congress since the Civil War, died Saturday. He was 73.
Sep 28, 2014 · James A. Traficant Jr., a self-described “junkyard dog” of a politician who became the second person to be expelled by Congress since the Civil War, died Saturday. ... Enter email address.
Mar 8, 2010 · March 8, 2010. James Traficant, the flamboyant former Democratic congressman from Ohio who recently completed a seven-year stint in jail for bribery and racketeering, has announced that he...
Sep 27, 2014 · Former Rep. James Traficant, the Ohio politician whose career included 17 years in Congress and a conviction for bribery, has died at age 73. Traficant's family had been fearing for his life since ...