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Bob Ney

Bob Ney has no sense of ethics

by Brian on January 31, 2007 · Comments

Seriously. How else can you explain this?

Former Rep. Bob Ney kept his wife on his congressional campaign payroll through the end of last year, even though he dropped out of the race in early August, a report filed yesterday shows.

Elizabeth Ney was one of several campaign staff members who received paychecks in August, according to a Federal Elections Commission report.

But she was the lone recipient of a campaign salary through the rest of the year, getting about $850 every two weeks. Since the end of August, Mrs. Ney has been paid more than $6,800, according to her husband’s report.

You’ve already pled guilty to corruption charges, and you continue to pay a salary to a family member on a campaign that’s already ended? Either he honestly doesn’t realize how terrible that sounds, or he just stopped caring.

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House Approves Weak-Ass Pension Bill

by Joseph on January 23, 2007 · Comments

The US House finally, and unanimously (who is gonna vote against THIS one?), voted to stop paying pensions to its members who are convicted of certain relevant felonies (e.g. bribery).

Unfortunately, this doesn’t cover those already convicted representatives like Bob Ney and, I assume, Youngstown’s own flamboyant (i.e. crazy) James Traficant.

Also- the bill passed by the Senate states that the new rules won’t kick in for another two years (Jan 2, 2009)!.

And if that’s not bad enough- ” both the House and Senate bills would allow the Office of Personnel Management … to award the pensions of convicted lawmakers to their families”

Note to congress: hurry up and schedule your golf trip- and be sure to invite the guy from the Office of Personnel Management.

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