The last major instance where a representative voted for the other party's candidate was in 2000, when Democrat Jim Traficant of Ohio voted for Republican Dennis Hastert.

For example, Democrat James Traficant was stripped of his seniority and committee assignments in 2001 when he voted for a Republican, Dennis Hastert, to be Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.

In the House, Traficant was known for his flamboyant and eccentric style.

Traficant championed the unpopular cause of John Demjanjuk, a Ukrainian-born autoworker from Seven Hills, who had been convicted in Israel and sentenced to hang for having been the brutal concentration camp guard Ivan the Terrible For almost a decade, Traficant ( along with Pat Buchanan ) insisted that Demjanjuk had been denied a fair trial, and been the victim of mistaken identity ; in 1993 the Supreme Court of Israel overturned the conviction, on the basis of doubt.

In 2002, Traficant was indicted on federal corruption charges for taking campaign funds for personal use.

After his expulsion, Traficant ran as an independent candidate for another term in the House while incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institute, Allenwood.

Traficant served his first 17 months in prison at FCI Allenwood and shortly after, he was put in solitary confinement for causing a riot after telling a guard, " People can't hear you.

Duke also posted a letter written by Traficant stating that he was targeted by the U. S. Department of Justice for, among other things, defending John Demjanjuk.

Traficant said he hasn't decided yet whether he would run again for Congress.

In September 2010, Traficant was certified to run for the same seat he held before his expulsion, and said that his platform would be to repeal the 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution.

After Jim Traficant was convicted on criminal charges in 2002, Ryan declared his candidacy for the Congressional seat of his home district.

Traficant tried to run for his old seat as an independent.

* RBN Radio Broadcast on the Jim Traficant Case ( 8 / 03 / 07 )

* Jim Traficant on The Alex Jones Show ( PrisonPlanet. TV ), 19 February 2010 ( YouTube )

* 2002 – Democrat James Traficant is expelled from the United States House of Representatives on a vote of 420 to 1.

Condit's most notable vote in his last months in office was the resolution to expel Congressman James Traficant after his conviction on corruption charges.

* US Congressman James Traficant was expelled from the House of Representatives on a vote of 420 to 1.

Traficant had been convicted of ten federal counts of corruption.

In 1989, Congressman James Traficant tried to amend to broaden the application of the death penalty.

James Anthony Traficant, Jr. ( born May 8, 1941 ) was a Democratic politician and member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio.

Traficant graduated from Cardinal Mooney High School in 1959 and the University of Pittsburgh in 1963 ; he was drafted into the NFL in the twentieth round ( 276th overall ) by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1963, and obtained a master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh and another from Youngstown State University.

While serving as Sheriff, Traficant made national headlines by refusing to execute foreclosure orders on several unemployed homeowners, many of whom had been left unemployed by the recent closures of steel mills.

Traficant, who represented himself in the criminal trial, argued that he accepted the bribes only as part of an undercover investigation into corruption.

Traficant was acquitted of the charges, becoming the only person ever to win a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ( RICO ) case while representing himself.

After the Republicans took control of the House in 1995, Traficant tended to vote more often with the Republicans than with his own party.

On the issue of abortion, Traficant voted in the position of the National Right to Life Committee 95 % of the time in the 105th Congress, and 100 % of the time in the 106th and 107th Congresses.

Because the Republicans did not assign him to any committees either, Traficant became the first member of the House of Representatives in over a century outside the top leadership without any committee assignment.

While in Congress, Traficant was a supporter of immigration reduction, and a strong opponent of illegal immigration.

In the controversy surrounding the defeat of Congressman Bob Dornan ( R-CA ) by Democrat Loretta Sanchez, Traficant was the only Democratic member of Congress who advocated a new election, due to possible voting in that race by illegal immigrants.

Sanchez would later introduce a resolution expelling Traficant from the House.

On April 12, 2002, after a two-month federal trial, a jury found Traficant guilty of bribery and other charges.

Eventually, the House Ethics Committee recommended that Traficant be expelled from Congress.

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