Report: GOP's Jo Bonner to resign from Congress

Catalina Camia, USA TODAY 3:34 p.m. EDT May 23, 2013

Republican Rep. Jo Bonner will resign from Congress to take a top job at the University of Alabama, the Birmingham News is reporting.

Bonner, a congressman since 2003, is a member of the House Appropriations Committee. He was the top Republican on the Ethics Committee in 2010when Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., was censured for numerous ethics violations.

The newspaper said Bonner has told friends and supporters that he will resign from Congress effective Aug. 15 to become vice chancellor of government relations and economic development at the University of Alabama System.

Bonner will make a formal announcement at 4 p.m. ET

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...abama/2355573/