implicated in a lobbying corruption investigation, said Sunday he will step aside temporarily as chairman of the House Administration Committee.
"Unfortunately it has become clear to me in recent days that the false allegations made against me have become a distraction to the important work of the House Republican Conference and the important work that remains ahead for the House Administration Committee," Ney said in a written statement.
That was a reference to a scramble by Republicans in the House and Senate to come up with a new set of rules governing lobbying and travel as a way to inoculate themselves politically from the scandal unfolding around the guilty plea of lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
The article does mention that Democrats are also working up a similar set of rules but for both parties it may be too late for them. Still, interesting to note that through all of the Republican teeth-nashing on morals, Christianity and so on that there certainly are a lot of Republicans getting in trouble for ethical and legal issues.
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