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Keeping Up With Emil Jones

By Margaret Lyons in News on Sep 18, 2008 8:00PM

Emil Jones caved to Barack Obama's request today and said he will call the state senate back to session to vote on the stalled ethics bill next week. Jones says that he "stand[s] by" his position that the measure can wait until November and has agreed to the session "only at the request of my friend." The requests of lawmakers mean nothing! [Crain's]