If arrogance had a personification, it would be fully indicted soon to be expelled Rep. “Dollar Bill” Jefferson.

” Saying “I have no fear,” Rep. William Jefferson, D-New Orleans, returned to Capitol Hill on Monday to cast his first votes since being indicted a week ago on federal corruption charges.

Jefferson strode confidently onto the House floor at the start of the evening session and took a seat on the Democratic side of the chamber with fellow members of the Congressional Black Caucus who welcomed him with handshakes and hugs.

In the same chamber just six days ago, his colleagues voted overwhelming to ask the ethics committee to review the 16-count indictment against Jefferson and make a recommendation on whether he should be expelled.

If there was any residual ill will, it wasn’t on display Monday. As Jefferson walked through the underground hallways leading to the U.S. Capitol, he was greeted warmly by staffers and members alike. In the elevator, an aide to Republican Rep. Don Young of Alaska, urged him to “Keep on kicking a–.”

Rep. Steve Rothman, D-N.J., who voted for the Republican-led resolution for the ethics investigation, gave Jefferson a hug and praised him for the defiant press conference Friday outside U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., where he pleaded not guilty.

“That was a beautiful press conference,” Rothman said. “I love you.”

For moral support, Jefferson walked to the Capitol with his old friend, Rep. Don Payne, D-N.J. As the two passed Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., the crusty former Marine greeted them with a gregarious, “Take over, gentlemen.”

Memo to Madam of the House Nancy Pelosi: “Thar is a things a growing in da smamp!”

Notice it was a “Republican led” vote to expel? After all, just ask yourself how much “swamp cleaning” Pelosi or Democrats in general have actually done since grabbing the majority.

More accurate, how much more and then some they have added.