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Alcee L. Hastings
Florida
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Hastings, 70, is the leading candidate for chairman of the committee.
He has the distinction of being the only sitting member of the House to have been impeached by the same chamber. In 1988, he was tossed out of his federal judgeship over allegations of extorting a bribe.
But four years later he was elected to the House, and since he has become a charismatic inside player. Hastings has visited dozens of intelligence outposts around the globe and has not been among the Democrats calling for an immediate withdrawal from Iraq.
If the top Democrat on the panel, Jane Harman (Calif.), steps down, as is expected, Hastings is the next in line; the Congressional Black Caucus has made it clear that it does not want him to be passed over.
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