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Ney was chairman of the Committee on House Administration.
One of the most interesting things that I heard during the Clinton impeachment proceedings was a consitutional scholar suggesting that the founders intended impeachment to be used much more frequently than it has been. Elaborating on his point, it really begs the question of what it takes to impeach a Congressman. Even if we don't use the founders' bar, Congressional impeachments should be about 500 times more likely than Presidential impeachments, if only because we have 500+ (535?) Congressman to one President. It's an affront to our process that our Senators and Representatives are so eager to protect their own power that, time and time again, they won't even throw out the most heinous offenders. It shouldn't take a prison sentence to lose a position that should, in a perfect world, demand the highest accountability.
