GOP To Force Vote on "Cold Cash" Jefferson

The GOP wants to put the House Dems on record regarding their decision to put William "Cold Cash" Jefferson on the Homeland Security Committee:

Republicans plan to force a floor vote on Rep. William Jefferson's move to the Homeland Security Committee in an unprecedented maneuver to force Democrats to go on the record supporting their embattled colleague who is the target of a federal bribery investigation.

House Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) pledged to call for a recorded vote on the House floor when Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) introduces a resolution to make the Jefferson move official.

Pelosi removed Jefferson from the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee in response to Justice Department allegations that the Louisiana Democrat had accepted $100,000 in bribes and stored $90,000 of them in his freezer. The speaker then gave Jefferson a seat on the Homeland Security, and Democrats agreed to the change in a closed-door caucus in February.

"The idea that Homeland Security is less important than the tax-writing committee is ludicrous," Blunt said Wednesday.

Unfortunately, most Dems and their supporters probably don't care about Jefferson's bribery case or his cold cash. Consequently, putting them on record won't hurt them with their current supporters, and those who don't support them wouldn't vote for them anyway. I like the tactic, but I don't think it will have much real effect.