Ney Under Pressure to Resign Chairmanship

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Ney Under Pressure to Resign Chairmanship
January 13th, 2006

House Speaker Dennis Hastert is pushing to force Ohio Rep. Bob Ney to resign as chairman of the House Administration Committee. This comes a week after Justice Department documents that linked Ney to the bribery scheme involving convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

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 a GOP leadership aide, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the negotiations between Ney and the speaker.

Ney, still in denial said, “I’m considering it _ stepping down temporarily _ and once the issue is over, I’ll come back. Life continues. I’ll continue to do my job.”

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