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Recursion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-08 07:50 PM
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Random question: Americans of Indian descent in Congress
Anybody know if there are any Americans of Indian descent (dot not feather) in Congress?
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RufusTFirefly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-08 08:01 PM
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1. Not any more
Bobby Jindal (to my knowledge) was the second ever -- until he moved out of the House of Representatives and into the Louisiana Governor's Mansion.

The first was Dalip Singh Saund, a Democratic representative from California, who served from 1957-1963.
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