Pickering, C Rep
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<b>Charles Willis "Chip" Pickering, Jr.</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(born August 10, 1963) is a politician in the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.state" title="U.S. state" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">U.S. state</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Mississippi</a>. He represented<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="Mississippi's 3rd congressional district" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Mississippi's 3rd congressional district</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>as a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Republican</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">United States House of Representatives</a>. First elected in 1996, he chose not to run again in 2008.</p>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Pickering#Early_political_career" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">2</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="toctext">Early political career</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Pickering#U.S._House_of_Representatives" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">3</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="toctext">U.S. House of Representatives</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Pickering#Committee_assignments" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="toctext">Committee assignments</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Pickering#Elections" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="toctext">Elections</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Pickering#Tenure" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">3.3</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="toctext">Tenure</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Pickering#Youth_soccer_incident" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">4</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="toctext">Youth soccer incident</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Pickering#Personal_life" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">5</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="toctext">Personal life</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Pickering#Appearance_in_Borat_movie" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">6</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="toctext">Appearance in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Borat</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>movie</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Pickering#References" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="tocnumber">7</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="toctext">References</span></a></li>
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<p style=" margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Pickering was born in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurel,Mississippi" title="Laurel, Mississippi" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Laurel, Mississippi</a>. Pickering is<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_American" title="English American" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">English American</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>on his father's side and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_American" title="Irish American" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Irish American</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_American" title="Italian American" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Italian American</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>on his mother's side. His father is<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge" title="Judge" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Judge</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_W.Pickering" title="Charles W. Pickering" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Charles Pickering, Sr.</a>, a Mississippi lawyer, former municipal judge, retired<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_judge" title="United States federal judge" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Federal judge</a>, and prominent Republican politician. Chip graduated from the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Mississippi" title="University of Mississippi" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">University of Mississippi</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>where he was a legacy member of the Eta Chapter of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigma_Chi" title="Sigma Chi" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Sigma Chi</a>. He went on to receive a Masters degree from<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baylor_University" title="Baylor University" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Baylor University</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in 1989.</p>
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<p style=" margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Pickering then very briefly served as a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Baptist" title="Southern Baptist" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Southern Baptist</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>missionary to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Hungary</a>, after the end of Hungarian government persecution of religious believers. In the same year, 1989,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">President</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H.W.Bush" title="George H. W. Bush" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">George H. W. Bush</a>appointed Pickering as a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Agriculture" title="United States Department of Agriculture" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Department of Agriculture</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>liaison to the former European Communist countries. This appointment provided Pickering with official diplomatic immunity.
After returning to the United States, Pickering served on the staff of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Senator</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_Lott" title="Trent Lott" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Trent Lott</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>from 1992 to 1996. After a subsequent year as a government employee of the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Commerce" title="U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Senate Commerce Committee</a>, Pickering ran for Congress in Mississippi. During his time as a member of Lott's staff, and then as a staff member on the Senate Commerce Committee, Chip helped shape the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_Act_of_1996" title="Telecommunications Act of 1996" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Telecommunications Act of 1996</a>, the first major overhaul of US telecoms law since 1934.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Pickering#cite_note-1" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
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<p style=" margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Pickering returned to Mississippi to run as the Republican candidate for the 3rd District. U.S. Congressman<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Montgomery" title="Sonny Montgomery" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Sonny Montgomery</a>, a 30-year<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Democratic</a>incumbent, was not running for reelection. Pickering won by a wide margin. This was not regarded as an upset, as the 3rd has always been a rather conservative district; it actually elected a Republican in 1964 (when it was numbered as the 4th District), when<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Goldwater" title="Barry Goldwater" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Barry Goldwater</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>won an unheard-of 87 percent of Mississippi's popular vote. It had become even more conservative since then, and it was generally believed that Montgomery would be succeeded by a Republican once he retired. However, Democrats continued to hold most of the district's seats in the state legislature until the turn of the century.
During this and following elections, questions were raised by political opponents about whether Pickering was a legal resident of Mississippi and lawfully qualified to run for the office. He claimed his farm in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_County,_Mississippi" title="Madison County, Mississippi" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Madison County</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>as his official residence, but his permanent residence is in the Washington area. Nonetheless, Pickering was unopposed for reelection in 1998 and defeated token Democratic opposition in 2000. In response to criticism regarding place of residence, Pickering has stated that he was advised by Montgomery to keep his residence and family in the Washington area, in order to have more time to spend with his family.
Pickering was reelected five times, all by large margins. He only faced substantive opposition once, in 2002—one of only two times since his initial run for the seat that he faced a Democrat. That year, Pickering was pitted against fellow Congressman<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Shows" title="Ronnie Shows" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Ronnie Shows</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>from the neighboring<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Mississippi's 4th congressional district" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">4th District</a>. Shows' district had been eliminated in redistricting, and the bulk of its territory had been merged with Pickering's district. The district was drawn in a way that heavily favored Pickering, and he soundly defeated Shows with over 60% of the vote in the new 3rd District.</p>
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<p style=" margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Pickering compiled a strongly conservative voting record. From 2003 to 2007, he served as vice-chairman of the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._House_Committee_on_Energy_and_Commerce" title="U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Energy and Commerce Committee</a>. He has sometimes been mentioned as a candidate for a United States Senate seat in Mississippi; indeed, most pundits believed that had Lott opted not to run for reelection in 2006, Pickering would have been drafted to run in his place.
In mid-August 2007, Pickering announced that he would not seek re-election in 2008 so that he could spend more time with his family.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Pickering#cite_note-2" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Pickering#cite_note-3" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Pickering was considered a top Republican contender for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senator" title="United States Senator" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">U.S. Senator</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_Lott" title="Trent Lott" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Trent Lott</a>'s seat if Lott had retired in 2006, and in 2007 was said to be waiting to see if Senator<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thad_Cochran" title="Thad Cochran" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Thad Cochran</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>would retire in 2008; it is widely speculated that Pickering's decision to leave Congress was based on Cochran's decision to run for re-election.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Pickering#cite_note-4" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup>
When Lott announced his resignation as Senator in November 2007, Pickering was rumored to be<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Mississippi" title="Governor of Mississippi" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Mississippi Governor</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haley_Barbour" title="Haley Barbour" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Haley Barbour</a>'s choice to replace him. However, in December of that year, Pickering announced that he was not interested in the post;<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Pickering#cite_note-5" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>fellow Republican Congressman<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Wicker" title="Roger Wicker" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Roger Wicker</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>of<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Mississippi's 1st congressional district" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Mississippi's 1st congressional district</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>was appointed to Lott's seat. Pickering retired from the House in January 2009 and is currently a lobbyist for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_South" title="Cellular South" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Cellular South</a>.</p>
<h2 class="" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-size: 19.200000762939453px; font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Youth_soccer_incident">Youth soccer incident</span><span class="mw-editsection" style=" -webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.25em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; direction: ltr;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style=" transition: color 100ms ease-out, margin 100ms ease-out; -webkit-transition: color 100ms ease-out, margin 100ms ease-out;">[</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Pickering?veaction=edit&vesection=7" title="Edit section: Youth soccer incident" class="mw-editsection-link-primary" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style=" transition: color 100ms ease-out, margin 100ms ease-out; -webkit-transition: color 100ms ease-out, margin 100ms ease-out; visibility: visible;">]</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chip_Pickering&action=edit§ion=7&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Youth soccer incident" class="mw-editsection-link-secondary" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; visibility: hidden; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> </a></span></h2>
<p style=" margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">On December 7, 2009, Pickering was involved in a fight with the coach of a youth soccer team that had just finished playing against his son's team.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Pickering#cite_note-6" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Pickering#cite_note-7" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<h2 class="" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-size: 19.200000762939453px; font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Personal_life">Personal life</span><span class="mw-editsection" style=" -webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.25em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; direction: ltr;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style=" transition: color 100ms ease-out, margin 100ms ease-out; -webkit-transition: color 100ms ease-out, margin 100ms ease-out;">[</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Pickering?veaction=edit&vesection=8" title="Edit section: Personal life" class="mw-editsection-link-primary" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style=" transition: color 100ms ease-out, margin 100ms ease-out; -webkit-transition: color 100ms ease-out, margin 100ms ease-out; visibility: visible;">]</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chip_Pickering&action=edit§ion=8&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Personal life" class="mw-editsection-link-secondary" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; visibility: hidden; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> </a></span></h2>
<p style=" margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Pickering and his former wife, Leisha, have five sons, Will, Ross, Jackson, Asher, and Harper. Pickering announced in June 2008 that he filed for divorce from Leisha in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_County,Mississippi" title="Madison County, Mississippi" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Madison County</a>, citing irreconcilable differences. On July 16, 2009, it was announced that Leisha had filed an<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alienation_of_affections" title="Alienation of affections" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">alienation of affection</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>lawsuit against Elizabeth Creekmore Byrd, a woman with whom Pickering allegedly had an affair.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Pickering#cite_note-8" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The lawsuit claimed that the adulterous relationship ruined the Pickerings' marriage and his political career.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Pickering#cite_note-9" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span>[</span>9<span>]</span></a></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>In a column on July 24, 2009,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cokie_Roberts" title="Cokie Roberts" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Cokie</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_V.Roberts" title="Steven V. Roberts" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Steve Roberts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>wrote about the Washington, D.C.,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellowship_Foundation#Former_Representative_Chip_Pickering" title="Fellowship Foundation" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Fellowship Foundation</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_Street#C_Street_Center" title="C Street" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">133 C Street South East</a>, where the trysts allegedly took place. Leisha Pickering, they wrote, "claims that instead of praying, another woman was preying on her husband" there. The Robertses indicated that Leisha Pickering was further motivated to pursue the divorce because her ex-husband's alleged<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramour" title="Paramour" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">paramour</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>"made Pickering quit Congress just when he might have been appointed to the Senate. We would be surprised if ex-wives have some legal recourse for disappointment over a Senate seat, but hey, Leisha Pickering's going for it."<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Pickering#cite_note-10" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span>[</span>10<span>]</span></a></sup>
Pickering is also the cousin of state auditor,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacey_Pickering" title="Stacey Pickering" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Stacey Pickering</a>.</p>
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<p style=" margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Pickering was one of several politicians to appear in the film<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borat:_Cultural_Learnings_of_America_for_Make_Benefit_Glorious_Nation_of_Kazakhstan" title="Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan</a></i>. In the film he briefly appears at a lively<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecostal" title="Pentecostal" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Pentecostal</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>meeting where spoken views against the theory of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution" title="Evolution" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">evolution</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>are cheered by the congregation.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Pickering#cite_note-11" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span>[</span>11<span>]</span></a></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>A spokesperson for Pickering said that his boss "hasn't seen the film." The spokesperson added, "[o]f course he doesn't support the offensive nature of the movie".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Pickering#cite_note-12" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span>[</span>12<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
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<li id="cite_note-1" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Pickering#cite_ref-1" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"></a></b></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="reference-text">Stennis Center,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stennis.gov/spotlights/spotlights_show.htm?doc_id=839904" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB/IkeGOrxXhqB+uA9Bfcm0lAZuh+YIeAD+cAqSz4kCMUAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Chip Pickering profile</a>, accessed 1 August 2009</span></li>
<li id="cite_note-2" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Pickering#cite_ref-2" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"></a></b></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="reference-text"><span class="citation news" style=" word-wrap: break-word;">"Editorial".<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clarion-Ledger" title="The Clarion-Ledger" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The Clarion-Ledger</a></i>. August 18, 2007.</span></span></li>
<li id="cite_note-3" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Pickering#cite_ref-3" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"></a></b></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rollcall.com/issues/1_1/breakingnews/19751-1.html" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB/IkeGOrxXhqB+uA9Bfcm0lAZuh+YIeAD+cAqSz4kCMUAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Pickering Announces Retirement</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roll_Call" title="Roll Call" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Roll Call</a>, August 16, 2007.</span></li>
<li id="cite_note-4" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Pickering#cite_ref-4" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"></a></b></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070816/NEWS/70816045" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB/IkeGOrxXhqB+uA9Bfcm0lAZuh+YIeAD+cAqSz4kCMUAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Dead link</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to Clarion-Ledger web site</span></li>
<li id="cite_note-5" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Pickering#cite_ref-5" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"></a></b></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="reference-text"><span class="citation news" style=" word-wrap: break-word;">Mark, David (December 28, 2007).<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/12/28/politics/politico/thecrypt/main3654887.shtml" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB/IkeGOrxXhqB+uA9Bfcm0lAZuh+YIeAD+cAqSz4kCMUAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Pickering Removes Himself From Senate Consideration"</a>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>CBS News</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved 2008-05-18</span>.</span></span></li>
<li id="cite_note-6" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Pickering#cite_ref-6" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"></a></b></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20091207/NEWS/91207011/Ex-Miss.-congressman-soccer-coach-file-complaints-following-scuffle" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB/IkeGOrxXhqB+uA9Bfcm0lAZuh+YIeAD+cAqSz4kCMUAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20091207/NEWS/91207011/Ex-Miss.-congressman-soccer-coach-file-complaints-following-scuffle</a></span></li>
<li id="cite_note-7" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Pickering#cite_ref-7" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"></a></b></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.leadercall.com/local/local_story_341171546.html" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB/IkeGOrxXhqB+uA9Bfcm0lAZuh+YIeAD+cAqSz4kCMUAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">http://www.leadercall.com/local/local_story_341171546.html</a></span></li>
<li id="cite_note-8" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Pickering#cite_ref-8" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"></a></b></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="reference-text"><span class="citation news" style=" word-wrap: break-word;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20090716/NEWS/90716027/Ex-Miss.+politician+s+wife+sues+alleged+mistress" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB/IkeGOrxXhqB+uA9Bfcm0lAZuh+YIeAD+cAqSz4kCMUAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Ex-Miss. politician's wife sues alleged mistress"</a>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Clarion Ledger</i>. July 16, 2009.</span>, Archived:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.webcitation.org/5iJmxqlEl" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB/IkeGOrxXhqB+uA9Bfcm0lAZuh+YIeAD+cAqSz4kCMUAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">at WebCite</a></span></li>
<li id="cite_note-9" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Pickering#cite_ref-9" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"></a></b></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="reference-text"><span class="citation news" style=" word-wrap: break-word;">John Bresnahan (July 16, 2009).<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25067.html" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB/IkeGOrxXhqB+uA9Bfcm0lAZuh+YIeAD+cAqSz4kCMUAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"Chip Pickering's wife sues alleged mistress"</a>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>The Politico</i>.</span></span></li>
<li id="cite_note-10" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Pickering#cite_ref-10" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"></a></b></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="reference-text"><span class="citation web" style=" word-wrap: break-word;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cokie_Roberts" title="Cokie Roberts" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Cokie Roberts</a>; Steve Roberts (July 24, 2009).<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mlive.com/opinion/muskegon/index.ssf/2009/07/columnc_street_house_a_place_w.html" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB/IkeGOrxXhqB+uA9Bfcm0lAZuh+YIeAD+cAqSz4kCMUAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">"A place where guys can be guys?"</a>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>United Feature Syndicate</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved 2009-07-29</span>.</span></span></li>
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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=p000323" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB/IkeGOrxXhqB+uA9Bfcm0lAZuh+YIeAD+cAqSz4kCMUAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Biography</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>at the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</a></i></li>
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