Former Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) is on the loose.

[Eric J in MN]

Former Congressman Bob Ney is a free man.

The six-term lawmaker from eastern Ohio walked out of a Cincinnati halfway house at 7:30 this morning, ending his 17 months in federal custody for trading legislative acts for meals, a golf trip and other perks from a disgraced Washington lobbyist.
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Ney, a Republican from Heath, pleaded guilty in October 2006 to taking actions on behalf of clients of lobbyist Jack Abramoff in exchange for gifts. Abramoff remains in prison for his role in a wide-ranging corruption case.

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/former_rep_bob_ney_leaves_half.php

Will he go from being corrupted by lobbyists to being a corrupting lobbyist?

[Joanne98]

1. More to Bob Ney. He kept the voting machine paper trail bill bottled up in committee.

Someone needs to ASK him about that. It was HR 2239.

The Dots Connect Between Abramoff, Ohio 2004 Election Smokescreen and Ney's Former Staffer Revealed to be on Diebold's Payroll While Working for White House Law Firm
All the While as HAVA --- America's 'Election Reform' Bill --- is Used for Political Payoff in the Bargain...
There's been a great deal of speculation over the last several days, particularly in the light of Jack Abramoff's recent guilty pleas, concerning the connection of Congressman Bob Ney (R-OH) to Election Fraud in Ohio, vis a vis his stewardship and authoring of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) back in 2001 and 2002. The heavy-handed tactics he has taken since, in order to keep the flawed act from being changed in any way over the years, along with going to great lengths to keep the nation's eyes off of massive electile dysfunction in Ohio and elsewhere since 2004, may finally get the attention it all properly deserves.

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=2262

[Eric J in MN]

2. Thanks for reminding me why I dislike him.

I used to be active in voting rights, and forgot that Bob Ney isn't just another corrupt Republican, but one who interfered with voting rights.