House GOP leaders call on Congressman Ney to resign immediately
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Thursday September 21, 2006
Print This Email This Republican leaders are calling on Congressman Bob Ney to resign immediately, reports Thursday's Roll Call.
"With three weeks still left before Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio) officially pleads guilty to a pair of federal charges, House Republican leaders on Wednesday stepped up their public calls for the embattled lawmaker to resign from the chamber immediately," writes Susan Davis.
"While House Majority Leader John Boehner (R) remained reluctant to pressure his fellow Ohioan to step down from his post — and Democrats so far have stopped short of pushing an expulsion resolution on the House floor — Boehner’s fellow leaders were far more definitive in their statements," the article continues.
Excerpts from Roll Call article:
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“I do, as a member from Ohio, believe very strongly that Bob Ney should resign,” House Republican Conference Chairwoman Deborah Pryce told reporters Wednesday. “It’s a tragedy that’s happened to his family but he has betrayed the trust of his constituents and his colleagues here in the House.”
When asked if Pryce’s view was the position of leadership, House Rules Chairman David Dreier (R-Calif.) responded, “Yep, absolutely.”
Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) has made no public announcements on Ney’s resignation but indicated Wednesday that he was working on getting a letter from the Ohioan soon.
“We’ll get this worked out,” he said, when asked if Ney should offer his resignation.
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