GOP Rep. Ney under pressure to resign chairmanship

[ProSense]

GOP Rep. Ney under pressure to resign chairmanship

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Dennis Hastert is trying to force out Ohio Rep. Bob Ney as chairman of the House Administration Committee, a week after Ney was linked in Justice Department documents to a bribery scheme involving convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff, a senior House aide said Friday.

Ney's committee has jurisdiction over the Republican reform agenda in the wake of the Abramoff scandal, and Hastert believes it is inappropriate to let Ney run it, said the GOP leadership aide, who spoke of anonymity because of the negotiations between Ney and the speaker.

The aide said the speaker himself cannot fire Ney, and unless Ney steps aside it would be at least three weeks until the GOP caucus, currently on holiday break, could consider removing him.

Ney continues to argue he has done nothing wrong. But a Republican close to Ney said he would evaluate what is best for the Republican conference. The congressman was New Orleans on Friday for a hearing on housing needs in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and could not be reached immediately for comment.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-01-13-ney-pressure_x.htm


Hastert pretending he doesn't know that he's on the list of crooks and losers too?

[Debi]

1. Why did Abramoff only give Hastert money in 2004?

I mean the guy's been in office a lot longer than that....:eyes: