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	Bob Ney - Congresspedia
		Ney beat the scandal-plagued Wayne Hays in a 1980 election, when he was 26, and served as an Ohio state representative from 1981 to 1983 and as an Ohio state senator from 1985 to 1995.
		In 1994, Ney was narrowly elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
		Bob Bennett, the state Republican party chairman, said he did not believe the law applied to Padgett because she would be entering a different race, and that a formal ruling would be sought from the Ohio Secretary of State.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Bob_Ney (5850 words)

	TPMmuckraker: Bob Ney Archives
		Ney controlled the receipt of things of value by his personal office staff and the House Administration Committee staff as a way to reward and punish staff by approving their receipt of things of value or by taking things of value and redistributing them to others.
		Ney also admitted in the plea documents that he intentionally concealed his receipt of the things of value from Abramoff and the foreign businessman, which was in excess of the limits established by the House of Representatives.
		Ney also admitted that he conspired to aid and abet violations of the federal one-year lobbying ban by Volz, his former chief of staff, in that he allowed and encouraged Volz to lobby Ney, the staff in Ney's personal office, and the staff on the House Administration Committee.
	www.tpmmuckraker.com /archives/cats/bob_ney (13206 words)

	The Online NewsHour: Vote 2006 \| Bob Ney \| Republican, U.S. House, Ohio's 18th District \| PBS
		Ney serves on the Committee on House Administration and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
		Ney ran unopposed in 2002 and won re-election in 2004 with 66 percent of the vote against challenger Brian Thomas.
		Ney was born July 5, 1954 in Wheeling, W.Va. He now lives in Health, Ohio with his wife Liz and their two children.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/vote2006/house/oh_18_ney.html (650 words)

	William K. Wolfrum - Criminal Bob Ney the latest politico to learn its best to pay your own way to golf destinations ...
		Ney - who will be spending at least two-plus years in prison - recently entered an alcohol rehabilitation program, which now means that being an alcoholic causes one to beanti-semetic, to lust after teen boys, and sell your vote to the highest bidder, among myriad other things.
		Ney won't, however, resign his position in the House of Representitives, likely due to the fact that it's such a great place for alcoholic criminals.
		Ney is just the latest to be ensnared in Abramoff's scandal, in which golf trips were dangled in front of lawmakers helpless to avoid their allure.
	www.worldgolf.com /blogs/william.wolfrum/2006/10/13/criminal_bob_ney_the_latest_politico_to_ (806 words)

	Project for an Accountable Congress: Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH)
		Ney, identified as "Representative #1" in both plea deals, is accused of accepting bribes, including "but not limited to," a trip to Scotland, campaign contributions, tickets to sporting events, and meals, in exchange for a series of acts, including the insertion of statements into the Congressional Record regarding Abramoff's purchase of the SunCruz Casinos.
		Nonetheless, Ney received $56,500 from the lobbyists and their tribal clients from 2001 to 2004, the same time period that he is alleged to have engaged in actions favorable to Abramoff's purchase of the SunCruz casinos.
		Bob Ney has come under increased scrutiny for his involvement with the lobbyist who stands accused of falsifying tax filings in his bid to purchase a casino line in Florida, bilking Indian tribes for over $80 million, and possibly bribing members of Congress, including Mr.
	www.ourfuture.org /issues_and_campaigns/accountablecongress/ney/index.cfm (652 words)

	Ney Pleads Guilty to Corruption Charges - washingtonpost.com
		Ney's attorney said in court that the congressman will resign his seat in the coming weeks but wants to first take care of pending constituent matters and see that his staff is settled.
		Ney made no statement to the court, but afterward he issued a written statement saying he was "ashamed" that his long career in public service has ended this way.
		Ney announced in August that he would not seek reelection and resigned as chairman of the House Administration Committee; the head of that panel is known as the mayor of Capitol Hill.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/13/AR2006101300169.html (1155 words)

	The Blotter: Abramoff Lobbying Scandal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Former Ohio Rep. Bob Ney, the first congressman to be ensnared in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, was sentenced to 30 months in prison.
		Neil Volz: Rep. Bob Ney's former chief of staff, he admitted conspiring with Abramoff to influence the congressman and is cooperating with investigators.
		Disgraced Congressman Bob Ney (R-OH) pleaded guilty before a federal judge this morning to federal conspiracy and false statement charges, and his attorney said he would be resigning from Congress in a few weeks.
	blogs.abcnews.com /theblotter/the_abramoff_lobbying_scandal (6672 words)

	Ohio congressman linked to Abramoff resigns - CNN.com
		"Bob Ney must be punished for the criminal actions he has acknowledged," Hastert said in a joint statement with Majority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, Republican Whip Roy Blunt of Missouri, and Rep. Deborah Pryce of Ohio, the leader of the House Republican Conference.
		Ney pleaded guilty in October to one count of conspiracy to commit fraud, deprive his constituents of honest service and violate his former chief of staff's one-year lobbying ban, and a second count of making false statements to the House.
		Ney also helped other Abramoff clients by advancing an application of one of their clients for a license to install a wireless telephone infrastructure in the House and placing statements in the Congressional Record regarding a Florida casino deal.
	www.cnn.com /2006/POLITICS/11/03/ney.resignation/index.html (717 words)

	TPMmuckraker
		Ney introduced legislation that would allow the Tiguas Indians to reopen their casino after receiving $32,000 in donations to his PAC and campaign from the tribe.
		Ney told Senate investigators that he couldn't recall ever meeting with representatives of the Tigua Tribe, though the investigators heard testimonials that Ney had met with the tribe and told them that he would help them repoen their casino.
		Later, Ney reported the trip was paid for by the National Center for Public Policy Research and defended the trip's value by pointing to a speech to members of the Scottish parliament and visits to an Edinburgh military and the British Parliament.
	tpmmuckraker.com /ney.php (1054 words)

	GOP seeks distance, Dems pounce after Ney's guilty plea - CNN.com
		"Bob Ney must be punished for the criminal actions he has acknowledged," Hastert said in a joint statement with Majority Leader John Boehner, Republican Whip Roy Blunt and Rep. Deborah Pryce, the leader of the House Republican Conference.
		Ney pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit fraud, deprive his constituents of honest service and violate his former chief of staff's one-year lobbying ban, and a second count of making false statements to the House.
		Ney also helped other Abramoff clients by advancing an application of one of their clients for a license to install a wireless telephone infrastructure in the House of Representatives and placing statements in the Congressional Record regarding a Florida casino deal.
	www.cnn.com /2006/POLITICS/10/14/abramoff.ney/index.html (1098 words)

	The Blog \| Art Levine: Bob Ney: Crook... or Con-Man? \| The Huffington Post
		Even as all of Washington waits for Rep. Bob Ney to be the first Congressman indicted in the Abramoff scandal, he is still sticking to his story: he was duped.
		Ney told the Tiguas of El Paso that a provision he was supposedly promoting in 2002 to re-open their casino actually had a good chance of passage when he knew that it never went anywhere.
		What's important about the fake Chris Dodd tale that Ney concocted was that this relatively obscure part of the Abramoff scandal underscores that Ney was seemingly an accessory to a crime: the fraud against the Tigua, part of the charges in Abramoff's guilty plea.
	www.huffingtonpost.com /art-levine/bob-ney-crook-or-con_b_14459.html (1071 words)

	Ney temporarily quits House post - Politics - MSNBC.com
		Ney is at the center of the Justice Department’s ongoing corruption probe and has been identified as the congressman referenced by Abramoff in his guilty plea earlier this month.
		Ney’s decision comes as House and Senate Republicans scramble to devise a plan that would go well beyond current rules governing travel, gifts and lobbying by former members of Congress and their aides, as part of an effort to curtail the influence of lobbyists on lawmakers.
		Ney was elected to Congress from a rural district in 1994.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/10841406 (729 words)

	Rep. Bob Ney Agrees To Plead Guilty, Ohio GOP Congressman Admits Guilt In Congressional Corruption Probe - CBS News
		Bob Ney has abandoned months of defiant denials and agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges in the congressional corruption probe spawned by disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
		Ney is a former chairman of the House of Representatives' Administration Committee.
		Ney consistently denied any wrongdoing in the investigation, an insistence that he maintained even after his former chief of staff pleaded guilty in May. The aide, Neil Volz, confessed to conspiring to corrupt the congressman and others with trips and other aid.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/09/14/politics/main2012370.shtml (910 words)

	Ohio Congressman Is Said to Agree to Plead Guilty - New York Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Bob Ney would be the first member of Congress to admit to criminal charges in the Jack Abramoff inquiry.
		Ney, a six-term congressman, the first member of Congress to admit to criminal charges in the Abramoff investigation, which has focused on the actions of several current and former Republican lawmakers who had been close to the former lobbyist.
		Ney may be best remembered in Washington for his decision to label French-fried potatoes sold in the House cafeteria as “Freedom Fries” as a protest over the French government’s refusal to support the American invasion of Iraq.
	www.nytimes.com /2006/09/15/washington/15ney.html?ex=1315972800&en=b3e34bbaa3ea72c3&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (993 words)

	CREW drafts ethics complaint against Bob Ney - CREW
		Ney returned from Scotland, he was scheduled to met with members of the Tigua tribal council.
		Ney may have violated clause 3 of House Rule XXIII which provides that a Member cannot âreceive compensation and may not permit compensation to accrue to his beneficial interest from any source, the receipt of which would occur by virtue of influence improperly exerted from his position in the Congress.â
		Ney may have also violated several provisions of the gift and travel rules by participating in travel not for an official purpose, by accepting recreational travel and by failing to disclose the true source of the tripâs funding on his travel disclosure forms.
	www.citizensforethics.org /activities/campaign.php?view=64 (643 words)

	FOXNews.com - Ohio Rep. Bob Ney to Plead Guilty in Abramoff Probe, GOP Officials Say - Voting \| Vote \| 2006 Elections
		Bob Ney, R-Ohio, is expected to plead guilty as early as Friday to at least one criminal charge in an election-year congressional corruption investigation, Republican officials said Thursday night.
		Ney said he had been duped into helping Abramoff on both the tribal casino and the Florida deal, and that he was duped again about who paid for the Scotland trip.
		Ney lawyer Mark Tuohey, a prominent Washington white-collar criminal defense attorneys who once ran the Washington office of Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth Starr's investigation of President Clinton, said Ney went to Scotland for an official meeting with representatives of the Scottish Parliament.
	www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,213902,00.html (1201 words)

	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Rep. Bob Ney pleads guilty in congressional bribery scandal
		WASHINGTON – Rep. Bob Ney pleaded guilty today in the Jack Abramoff influence-peddling investigation, the first lawmaker to confess to crimes in a scandal that has stained the Republican-controlled Congress and the Bush administration.
		Ney is the latest in a string of once-influential men convicted in a scandal that so far has caught several lobbyists and two members of the Bush administration.
		Ney confessed his wrongdoing in a federal courthouse a few blocks distant from the Capitol, where until recently he wielded a chairman's gavel.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2003302861_webney13.html (599 words)

	Bloomberg.com: U.S.
		Ney is the fourth Republican member of Congress to resign in the past year after running into ethics problems.
		Ney acknowledged in his plea agreement that, among other favors, he helped Abramoff's team obtain a wireless contract for a client and helped move legislation to benefit a casino-owning Indian tribe represented by the lobbyist.
		Ney admitted in court papers to filing false disclosure statements to the House and in at least one case, lying on a U.S. Customs Service form after accepting thousands of dollars of gambling chips from an unidentified foreign businessman while in London.
	www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aSnbopFhMapI&refer=us (704 words)

	The BRAD BLOG : Bob Ney
		Ney's long-overdue trip up the river comes despite defense pleas for mercy and sentencing to rehab in light of their claims that it was the evil bottle that dunnit.
		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 has succeeded brilliantly at squashing Holt's bill, first proposed as HR 2239 back in 2003, as it continues to both gain co-sponsors and gather dust as the powerful Republican committee chair still refuses to allow it even to be brought up for hearings.
	www.bradblog.com /?cat=40 (6330 words)

	Bob Ney \| Sunlight Foundation
		A one-time chief of staff to former Rep. Bob Ney pleaded guilty Monday to a federal conspiracy charge stemming from a congressional bribery scandal.
		Former Rep. Bob Ney was sentenced Friday to 30 months in federal prison for his role in a congressional bribery scandal.
		Ney, the first congressman ensnared in the case, pleaded guilty to trading official favors for golf trips, tickets, meals and campaign donations from disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
	www.sunlightfoundation.com /taxonomy/term/45 (1144 words)

	ABC News: Rep. Bob Ney Agrees to Plead Guilty
		Ney is expected to plead guilty as early as Friday, Sept. 15, 2006 to at least one criminal charge in an election-year congressional corruption investigation, Republican officials said Thursday night.
		Ney was expected to formally plead guilty in court Oct. 13.
		Ney became the first lawmaker to admit wrongdoing in the election-year congressional corruption probe spawned by disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
	www.abcnews.go.com /Politics/wireStory?id=2450280 (513 words)

	ABC News: Rep. Bob Ney Pleads Guilty to Bribery Charges
		Bob Ney, R-Ohio, arrives at the Federal Courthouse, Friday, Oct. 13, 2006, in Washington.
		Republican Bob Ney, a six-term congressman from Ohio, pleaded guilty today in Federal District Court to taking bribes in the Jack Abramoff influence-peddling scandal.
		Ney became the first lawmaker to confess to crimes in the election-year scandal that has stained the Republican-controlled Congress and the Bush administration.
	abcnews.go.com /Politics/story?id=2563576&page=1 (424 words)

	Ney Pleads Guilty, Plans To Resign, First Lawmaker To Confess Crimes In Abramoff Lobbying Scandal - CBS News
		Bob Ney pleaded guilty Friday in the influence-peddling investigation of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, the first lawmaker to confess to crimes in an election-year scandal that has stained the Republican-controlled Congress and the Bush administration.
		Ney did not immediately resign from Congress, but said in a statement that he will step down "in the next few weeks." Republican and Democratic leaders quickly vowed to expel him if he doesn't.
		Ney confessed his wrongdoing in a federal courthouse a few blocks from the Capitol building, where until recently he wielded a committee chairman's gavel.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/10/13/politics/main2087472.shtml (767 words)

	Rep. Bob Ney Moves to Center Stage \| TPMCafe
		Rep Ney (R-OH) increasingly is moving to center stage of the on-going ethics scandal that stars Tom DeLay and Jack Abramoff.
		Ney reported that the purpose of the Scotland trip was give a "speech to Scottish Parliamentarians" and visit the British Parliament during a London stopover.
		Bob Ney is now connected by Jack Abramoff and Adam Kidan to the murder of Kostanionos Boulis, yet it appears none of the Ohio press is reporting anything on the subject.
	houseoflabor.tpmcafe.com /story/2005/9/26/155213/835 (599 words)

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