The Daily Background

House Ethics probes of William Jefferson (D-LA) and Bob Ney (R-OH) have been launched, Washington Post reports, along with another probe of Duke Cunningham.

After 16 months of inactivity and partisan infighting, the House ethics committee launched investigations last night into bribery allegations against Reps. Robert W. Ney (R-Ohio) and William Jefferson (D-La.) and a separate inquiry into the widening scandal surrounding former congressman Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R-Calif.).

The committee said it would have ordered another investigation, into the overseas trips of former House majority leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), had the once-powerful lawmaker not announced that he will resign from the House on June 9.

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Responding to last night’s developments, Ney said in a statement: “For the last 15 months, all I have asked for is an opportunity to have the facts surrounding the Abramoff matter to be reviewed by the appropriate investigative bodies in order to have this matter addressed once and for all. Now that the Committee has been constituted, I am pleased that my request has been heard.”

Hahahahaha, nice spin. Too bad it’s utter bullshit, he’s probably scared to death that his close ties with Abramoff are going to become very, very clear. Full aticle.

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