Since being named by several associates of Jack Abrammoff who were pleading guilty to criminal charges, Bob Ney has come under increasing pressure from the Republican leadership, and has now announced that he is quitting Congress at the coming elections, the first since the charges arose.
Since being named by prosecutors as an unindicted co-conspirator in a previous corruption investigation, Jack Murtha has been several times re-elected to Congress as a Democrat, been campaign Chairman for Nancy Pelosi's successful bid to become Minority Leader, become a hero of the mainstream media and leftist blogs, and announced his intention to run for Majority Leader if the Democrats take the House in November.
