Deny Pensions to Convicted Felons Who Served in Congress

Progress - Index, The; Petersburg, Va. › June 08, 2010

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Former Rep. Robert Ney, an Ohio Republican, is in federal prison for conspiracy to commit multiple crimes relative to the Abramoff lobbying scandal. Mr. Ney, in effect, sold his office to Mr. Abramoff's clients, a particularly egregious abuse of office.

When Mr. Ney is released from prison in 30 months, he will have a $29,000 annual pension waiting for him. And he won't be alone.

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Deny Pensions to Convicted Felons Who Served in Congress

Former Rep. James Traficant, an Ohio Democrat, who was...

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