Ohio Republican Bob Ney pleaded guilty Friday to accepting bribes from convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff and a Syrian businessman.
So far, Ney has refused to resign, so House leadership, including Seventh District Congressman Roy Blunt, issued a joint statement saying that if Ney does not give up his office, he will immediately be expelled when the House is back in session.
Ney is the fourth Republican Congressman to be forced out of office in the past two years. Three of those, Ney, former Majority Leader Tom DeLay, and Rep. Mark Foley, received sizable contributions from Congressman Blunt's Rely on Your Beliefs PAC, as I pointed out in the Sept. 30 Turner Report.
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