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[Melissa G]

Ney Resigns From Two House Committee Posts

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First posted: 9/18/2006 8:43:10 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Bob Ney, who has agreed to plead guilty to federal corruption charges, stepped down from two House committee positions Monday but has said nothing about whether he will leave Congress.

The Ohio Republican said in two letters to House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., that he would immediately give up his position as chairman of the subcommittee that oversees the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and a commission that governs lawmakers' use of public money to express opinions in mailings.

Ohio Republican Party Chairman Bob Bennett on Friday called on Ney to resign, soon after it was announced that Ney had agreed to plead guilty to making false statements and conspiracy to commit fraud, make other false statements and violate U.S. lobbying restrictions.

State Sen. Joy Padgett, who accepted Ney's request to run in his place when he quit his campaign for re-election in Ohio's 18th District, also called for Ney to leave his seat in Congress.

http://www.wcpo.com/news/2006/local/09/18/ney_lobbyist.html