What Ney got

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* international and domestic trips including a trip to play golf in Scotland in August 2002, with total trip costs exceeding $160,000, paid for by Abramoff and his clients; a trip to gamble and vacation in New Orleans in May 2003, with total trip costs of approximately $7,200, paid for by Abramoff and his clients; and a trip to vacation at Lake George, N.Y., in August 2003, with costs paid by lobbyists exceeding $3,500;

* frequent meals and drinks with total costs exceeding many thousands of dollars, primarily at Abramoff's restaurant, Signatures, in Washington;

* tickets to concerts and sporting events using Abramoff's box suites at venues in the Washington and Baltimore areas, such as the MCI Center (now known as the Verizon Center), FedEx Field, and Camden Yards;

* tens of thousands of dollars of campaign contributions; and

* in-kind campaign contributions in the form of free fundraisers.

http://www.wtrf.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=14155

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1. and what Ney gave

Ney admitted that during the same time period, and in exchange for the stream of things of value he received from Abramoff and his lobbyists, Ney agreed to take and took the following actions:

* supporting and/or opposing legislation at Abramoff's request, including attempting to insert four separate, non election-related amendments sought by Abramoff and his clients into election reform legislation known as the Help America Vote Act;

* inserting two statements into the Congressional Record at Scanlon's request;

* supporting the application of and issuing a license to one of Abramoff's clients involving a multi-million-dollar contract to install wireless telephone infrastructure in the House of Representatives; and

* contacting personnel in federal agencies in an effort to influence the decisions of those agencies, including telling the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development that Ney's number one priority was Native American Indian Tribal housing because that was an issue important to Abramoff's clients.

http://www.wtrf.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=14155

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2. The Juicy details are in the story

I knew some of the things he had done, but was blown away by this story. You'll have to go to the link to get the really good details.

[havocmom]

3. Not just whores, but cheap whores

Not much to sell your soul and sell out your country.

Was thinking about Ney and Burns. Abramoff seemed to have good luck bribing strawberry blonds on the Hill.

[babylonsister]

4. What Ney got and what he gave-worth a k&r, and thanks nt.

[Old and In the Way]

5. Wasn't Ney pointman for HAVA?

A corrupted POS bill to get Republican voting machines installed nationwide? Figures that a corruptable tool like Ney would push this crap.

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7. He certainly was

My lying, cheating, drunken congressman wrote HAVA and was involved with Diebold. Unfortunately, I don't think this will be investigated. Watch Mel Martinez. He's going down next.

[Erika]

6. Republicans should be proud n/t