Weller is retiring because he wants to spend more time with his family

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http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/568054,CST-NWS-weller21.article

September 21, 2007

BY CHRIS FUSCO Staff Reporter/[e-mail]

Embattled Rep. Jerry Weller (R-Ill.) is expected to announce today that he will retire from Congress, placing a third GOP-held congressional seat in Illinois into political limbo.

Weller, a seven-term congressman from Morris, would join former House Speaker Dennis Hastert of Plano and Rep. Ray LaHood of Peoria in not seeking re-election in 2008.

Weller, 50, is expected to make his decision public during a Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce luncheon, a source familiar with the situation told the Chicago Sun-Times.

The source said Weller is retiring because he wants to spend more time with his family. His wife is a Guatemalan congresswoman, and the two have a daughter born in 2006.

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1. Seems Odd To Me That Three Illinois Repugs Are Retiring.......

what is the rest of the story?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

2. We should probably ask Larry Flynt.

[DURHAM D]

7. I think it would be more appropriate to ask Michael Rogers

at Blog Active.

Weller has long been rumored to be gay.

Rogers has indicated that he no longer will out top staff members of various hate mongering congress members because he has 4 or 5 Senators and Congressmen on his list. When he has them on the list he has the proof.

Rogers has indicated that if the gay congressional members remove themselves from their positions or stop bashing gays he will not out them.

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6. Weller and Hastert are on the list of Congressmen subpoenaed to testify in the Cunningham case

and they are all REFUSING to honor the subpoenas. They were BOTH connected to Abramoff too!

[merh]

3. Abramoff

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[AndyTiedye]

9. Yep, Casino Jack Abramoff, The Repiggies' Best Friend

[in_cog_ni_to]

4. I'm so giddy! I'm so HAPPY! I think I'll dance all day! NO MORE USELESS WELLER!!!

WOOHOO! I wonder who will run for his seat this time?

[orleans]

5. well, that's three down....n/t

[ProfessorGAC]

8. Just Another Lie

The Professor