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Mark Foley Accuses Max Baucus of Delivering Senate Speech Drunk
By Emily Miller - Politics DailySen. Max Baucus' spokesman released a statement Monday responding to an accusation by a former Republican congressman that Baucus was intoxicated when he gave a floor speech Dec. 22. Tyler Matsdorf, spokesman for the Montana Democrat, asked that the statement be carried in full, which it is here: "When his friend of 30 years Ted Kennedy, with whom he had fought so hard to provide health care to children, was being used as a cheap foil to oppose health care reform, Senator Baucus gave a passionate defense. Unfortunately, those who want to kill any meaningful reform, turned it into an ...
Bob Ney's Redemption after Jack Abramoff Scandal
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyThose of us who were sucked into the wreckage left behind by Jack Abramoff share a form of PTSD -- Post Traumatic Scandal Disorder. When you go through a D.C. scandal together, you're like war buddies: You share an experience that no one else can understand, but you also remind each other of painful emotions. When we Abramoff scandal survivors see each other, we never discuss the topic – it's an open Department of Justice investigation after all – but we communicate with our eyes the shared understanding of shock and pain in our lives. So after not speaking to former Rep. Bob Ney ...
Emily's Post: From Gossip Fodder to Gossip Columnist
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyHaving been fodder for every gossip column in town, starting today I'm turning the tables -- and becoming one D.C. gossip columnist who fully gets what it's like to be on the receiving end. Everybody knows Washington politics is not for the meek or thin-skinned. And I've lived, worked and loved D.C. politics and media since I was 18 years old. In the years since, I've toiled on the Hill, at the State Department, in the Bush 43 administration, and for the Washington bureaus of two TV network news divisions. I've also counted chads in the Florida recount, run for my life from the Capitol on ...
Congressional Felon Bob Ney Lands a Radio Show
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyThe problem with talk radio is that if you want to discuss topics as far-reaching as taking bribes from lobbyists, casino payoffs, and selling weapons to Iran, you usually have to call in to three separate shows.But now that former Congressman Bob Ney (R-OH) is out of jail, you can hit all those topics with just one host!After a scandal that ended his political career, Ohio Rep. Bob Ney is hoping the Ohio Valley will welcome him back -- this time over the airwaves...Ney pleaded guilty in 2006 to corruption charges and was linked to the Jack Abramoff scandal. He was sentenced to serve 30 months ...
Jack Abramoff Gets Four Years
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyThe crooked lobbyist could have gotten 11 years behind bars but the judge looked kindly on Abramoff's role as a key witness in the FBI's influence-peddling probe.With Abramoff's help, the Justice Department has won corruption convictions against a parade of lawmakers, Bush administration figures and Capitol Hill aides. Abramoff admitted trading luxury golf junkets, expensive meals, skybox tickets and other gifts for political favors. The scandal shook Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House to Capitol Hill and contributed to the Republicans' loss of Congress in 2006. His lawyers were hoping ...
Pete Rose, Policy Wonk
By Eamonn Brennan - AOL NewsFrom the Congressmen Have Too Much Time On Their Hands file comes this old gem in the USA Today, ahem, today: Former Ohio Congressman Bob Ney tried to propose a bill in 1999 providing for -- get this -- Pete Rose's reinstatement into baseball. No, seriously: As far flung as that scenario sounds, it was actually something that an Ohio congressman and Rose's former attorney worked on for weeks, according to interviews with those involved. This proposed bill, never introduced because of Rose's reluctance to lobby Congress for the legislation, has never been reported.Ney, a Republican from central ...
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