Peter_King - HOFFA, MCCAIN AND KING URGE FOR PRESIDENTIAL PARDON FOR JACK JOHNSON

HOFFA, MCCAIN AND KING URGE FOR PRESIDENTIAL PARDON FOR JACK JOHNSON

Congressman Peter King (R-NY) speaks at a press conference calling on President Bush to grant a pardon to Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion of the world at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC on April 6, 2005. Jack Johnson was arrested for transporting a white woman across state lines in 1913. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)


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WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Supporters of a push to grant a posthumous pardon to U.S. boxer Jack Johnson say they are waiting for President Barack Obama to issue the decree.
Rep. King slams media coverage of Jackson
LOS ANGELES, July 6 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., says the media should limit its coverage of Michael Jackson as the late singer was a "child molester."
WASHINGTON, May 17 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Peter King said Sunday the American Civil Liberties Union is wrong to press the government to release photographs of torture of terror detainees.
WASHINGTON, March 19 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., plans to keep a campaign contribution from insurance giant American International Group Inc., a spokesman for King said.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Democrat Caroline Kennedy isn't qualified to be one of New York's U.S. senators, one of the state's leading Republicans said Sunday.
NEW YORK, July 22 (UPI) -- A New York congressman has asked the New York City transit agency to drop ads promoting Islam.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Some U.S. House Republicans see GOP presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani as their best hope for winning back the majority in 2008, a report says.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Leading Republican U.S. presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani are accusing one another of being soft on illegal immigration.
WASHINGTON, July 20 (UPI) -- Protection from lawsuits for wrongly reporting suspicious behavior has failed to pass the U.S. Congress.
WASHINGTON, June 25 (UPI) -- Leading Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives say an immigration showdown with the White House could erode conservatives' support for the Iraq war.
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