it's Bad Behavior Friday™! -- bonus Republican Edition
Former congressman Bob Ney has been sentenced to 30 months in prison in a case related to the congressional influence-peddling scandal which -- almost as much as the war in Iraq -- was responsible for Republicans being swept from office in the elections last year.
In another Abramoff-related case, a California congressman, John T. Doolittle, promised Saturday to stop employing his wife as a campaign consultant, a practice which funnelled 15% of donations to his household. Doolittle, from the Calif. 4th district in the Sierra Nevada, somehow managed to win his district in 2006 despite being linked to the disgraced lobbyist.Labels: Bad Behavior, Republicans
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