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Michael Ozzie Myers
Michael Ozzie Myers
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Pennsylvania's 1st district
	In office; November 2, 1976 – October 2, 1980
Preceded by	William Barrett
Succeeded by	Tom Foglietta
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives; from the 184th district
	In office; January 5, 1971 – November 2, 1976
Preceded by	Leland Beloff
Succeeded by	Leland Beloff
Personal details
Born	May 4, 1943 (age 81); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Political party	Democratic

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Michael Joseph "Ozzie" Myers (born May 4, 1943) is a politician from the American state of Pennsylvania.

He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.^[1] Myers, a Democrat, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976. Myers had previously been a longshoreman. He was regarded as a "maverick" from the very beginning of his tenure in office. For example, in 1979 he got into a fistfight with a waiter in Washington, D.C., who he felt wasn't showing proper respect for a member of Congress.

Myers is known most for being involved in the Abscam scandal in 1980. Myers was videotaped accepting a bribe of $50,000 from undercover FBI agents on August 22, 1979.^[2] Myers stated on that tape "money talks and bullshit walks." Myers was expelled from the House of Representatives on October 2, 1980, by a vote of 376 to 30, becoming the first member of the House to be expelled since 1861; the next to suffer this fate was Democrat Jim Traficant in 2002. Myers was defeated by Thomas M. Foglietta in the 1980 election. Myers was sentenced to three years in prison in 1981.

References

^ Cox, Harold. "House Members M". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
^ "United States v. Myers, et al., 692 F.2d 823". Duffygreen.com. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)

External links

United States Congress. "Michael J. Myers (id: M001132)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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[1] Cox, Harold. "House Members M". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

[2] "United States v. Myers, et al., 692 F.2d 823". Duffygreen.com. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)

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 '''Michael Joseph "Ozzie" Myers''' (born May 4, 1943) is a [[politics|politician]] from the [[United States|American]] state of [[Pennsylvania]].
-He was a member of the [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives]].<ref>{{cite web | last = Cox | first = Harold | title = House Members M | publisher = Wilkes University | work = [[Wilkes University Election Statistics Project]]| date = | url =http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/legis/M.html}}</ref> Myers, a Democrat, was elected to the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] in [[United States House election, 1976|1976]]. Myers had previously been a [[Stevedore|longshoreman]]. He was regarded as a "maverick" from the very beginning of his tenure in office. For example, in 1979 he got into a fistfight with a waiter in [[Washington, D.C.]], whom he felt wasn't showing proper respect for a member of [[United States Congress|Congress]].
+He was a member of the [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives]].<ref>{{cite web | last = Cox | first = Harold | title = House Members M | publisher = Wilkes University | work = [[Wilkes University Election Statistics Project]]| date = | url =http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/legis/M.html}}</ref> Myers, a Democrat, was elected to the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] in [[United States House election, 1976|1976]]. Myers had previously been a [[Stevedore|longshoreman]]. He was regarded as a "maverick" from the very beginning of his tenure in office. For example, in 1979 he got into a fistfight with a waiter in [[Washington, D.C.]], who he felt wasn't showing proper respect for a member of [[United States Congress|Congress]].
 Myers is known most for being involved in the [[Abscam]] scandal in 1980. Myers was videotaped accepting a bribe of [[United States dollar|$]]50,000 from undercover [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agents on August 22, 1979.<ref>{{cite web |title=United States v. Myers, et al., 692 F.2d 823 |date= |accessdate=June 23, 2006 |publisher=Duffygreen.com}}</ref> Myers stated on that tape "money talks and bullshit walks." Myers was [[Expulsion from the United States Congress|expelled]] from the House of Representatives on October 2, 1980, by a vote of 376 to 30, becoming the first member of the House to be expelled since 1861; the next to suffer this fate was Democrat [[Jim Traficant]] in 2002. Myers was defeated by [[Thomas M. Foglietta]] in the 1980 election. Myers was sentenced to three years in prison in 1981.