Former Representative Bob Ney, Republican from Ohio, was sentenced to 2-and-a-half years in jail and ordered to pay a $6,000 fine for his part in the Jack Abramoff lobbying corruption scandal. Ney plead guilty to accepting tens of thousands of dollars worth of trips, drinks and meals, and tickets to music and sporting events in exchange for political favors to Abramoff. Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, the Senate’s passed an ethics reform bill after a two-day stalemate because Republican members wanted to attach the line item veto to the measure. The bill passed 96-to-2. Meals, trips and other gifts from lobbyists will no longer be allowed, and lobbyists will have to certify that they have met the terms of the gift ban. Host Aura Bogado spoke with Mary Boyle, Press Secretary for Common Cause.