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The House voted Friday (416-0) the group which supervises the page program. The vote basically says that both parties have a equal say over the program and how it is run.
This comes after former Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla. made some inappropriate emails to some of the younger male pages and after those in charge of looking in on the accusations covered it up instead.
That would have been the House Page Board's past Republican chairman, Illinois Republican John Shimkus.
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Former Republican Rep. Bob Ney of Ohio got 2 1/2 years in prison on Friday for his dealings with Jack Abramoff.
The former U.S. lawmaker had pleaded guilty to illegally accepting trips, meals, drinks, tickets to concerts and sporting events and other items worth tens of thousands of dollars in return for official acts performed for lobbyist Abramoff and his clients.
U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle said that after Ney serves his time he will be on probation for two years and must perform 100 hours of community service in each of the years.
He also is required not to drink any alcohol while on probation. The judge also fined Ney $6,000. From Yahoo News
I personally think that Ney got off lightly.
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