Democrats Criticize Republican Ney

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Ohio
Democrats Criticize Republican Ney
Jul 7, 2005, 11:58 AM
The Democrats are wasting no time in going after Republicans who they think they can beat in next year's Congressional elections.

One of them is Representative Bob Ney of St. Clairsville. Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean is criticizing Ney for talking a golf trip with a lobbyist.

Democrats have been critical of Ney for his association with lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who lobbied on behalf of six Indian tribes and their casino.

Ney took a golf trip to Scotland in 2002 that Abramoff sponsored. Ney said in March that he had been misled by Abramoff, who at the time was a board member for the National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative think tank based in Washington. House members are allowed to accept trips from outside groups but not from lobbyists. Ney has denied any wrongdoing.

Ney's spokesman calls the Democratic attack petty, partisan politics trying to capitalize on recent news stories about ethics-issues.