Ney denies link in award - Lawmaker: No ties between contract, lobbyist

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WASHINGTON – A congressional committee led by Rep. Bob Ney awarded a $3 million wireless contract to a telecommunications provider that had retained and made contributions to a now-indicted lobbyist with close ties to Ney.

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Ney, R-St. Clairsville, denied through a spokesman Wednesday that there was any link between his approval, as chairman of the House Administration Committee, of a contract to install cellular antennas in a House office complex, and Abramoff’s role as a lobbyist for the recipient, MobileAccess Network.

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Federal investigators are continuing what has been described as a wide-ranging probe of other dealings involving Abramoff, including his receipt of millions of dollars in lobbying fees from tribal clients. The company that won the wireless contract, Vienna, Va.-based MobileAccess, also is part of the probe.

MobileAccess, a provider of fiber-optic transmission systems, was based in Israel and doing business as Foxcom when it won the contract in late 2002. The company employed Abramoff as a lobbyist, paying his team $280,000 over two years, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. The company also made a $50,000 contribution to Abramoff’s charity, the Capitol Athletic Foundation.

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1. i read another story about this and New chose not to make the paperwork

public-he's lying and he's going to go down for his ties to Abramoff, it's just a matter of when.

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2. Ney is as dirty as the rest of Ohio politicos

and has been for a very LONG time.

Ohio - playland of the corrupt.

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3. This was the banner headline in a RW paper

The editor is a long time Ney supporter. I was surprised to see it in print.

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4. Bush Backlash?? Ney is a good guy pro union

Be skeptical folks. Ney has done more for unions in my area than anyone else. He voted against Cafta and led the march on DC several years ago to get the steel tarrifs in place. Without him I'm not sure the tarrifs would have been put in place. Our local steel industry would have been gone if not for him. My area is 80% democrat and Ney keeps on getting reelected-this tells you something.

Ney was one of the few republicans to vote against cafta. Don't be surprised this is Bush/Rove payback. I don't trust anything from BushRoveDelay and bunch.