Rep. Weller (R-Ill.) Expected To Announce Retirement

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Rep. Weller Expected To Announce Retirement
By CQ Staff | 11:23 AM; Sep. 21, 2007 | Email This Article

By Jonathen Allen and Gregory Girioux

Rep. Jerry Weller, R-Ill., was expected to announce Friday that he will not seek re-election, according to a source close to the seven-term congressman.

Weller, 50, has been dogged by questions about land dealings in Central America and was one of more than a dozen lawmakers recently subpoenaed in a bribery trial involving an associate of jailed former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham, R-Calif.

His retirement from the 11th District seat south and west of Chicago would bring to 10 the number of House members who have announced plans to retire or seek other office after the 110th Congress. All but two are Republicans, including two other members from Illinois — former Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (14th District) and Rep. Ray LaHood (18th District).

Weller is a member of the Ways and Means Committee, where he is ranking Republican on the Income Security and Family Support Subcommittee. He is the second GOP panel member planning to retire; the other is Jim Ramstad of Minnesota.

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1. Gee Illinois -- is it still under influence of the MOB?