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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (757953)	1/24/2007 1:52:14 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

House Approves Congressional Pension Bill January 24, 2007 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS nytimes.com WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (AP) — Lawmakers convicted of crimes like bribery, fraud and perjury would be stripped of their Congressional pensions under legislation passed by the House on Tuesday, in the latest effort by Congress to refurbish its scandal-scarred image. The 431-to-0 vote came four days after former Representative Bob Ney, Republican of Ohio, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for taking political favors from the lobbyist Jack Abramoff, whose influence-peddling tactics helped make political corruption an issue in the November elections. Mr. Ney, who was chairman of the House Administration Committee, backed similar legislation last year, saying members of Congress should be held to the highest standards. “But that bill never passed, for which Congressman Ney is probably grateful,” said Representative Nancy Boyda, a newly elected Democrat from Kansas who was a sponsor of the measure. “Corrupt politicians deserve prison sentences, not taxpayer-funded pensions.” The House bill, like its Senate counterpart, is not retroactive and would not affect the pensions of Mr. Ney or former Representative Randy Cunningham, a California Republican who was sentenced last year to more than eight years in prison after pleading guilty to receiving $2.4 million in bribes from military contractors. Minor differences with the Senate bill, approved last week as part of an ethics and lobbying overhaul, must be reconciled before the measure can be signed into law. The House bill would apply to conduct occurring after the bill becomes law, while the Senate bill would not take effect until the next session of Congress, in 2009. Copyright 2007 The New York Times Company