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A member of the Democratic Party , Myers became involved in the Abscam scandal during his tenure in Congress and was expelled from the House after being caught taking bribes in a sting operation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He spent three years in federal prison. In December , a cousin of Myers named Michael Joseph Sullivan who later served as an election judge while incarcerated , shot and killed a construction worker during a union dispute.

It was revealed in by The Philadelphia Inquirer that Myers was in possession of the gun used in the shooting while he himself was lobbying against Philadelphia's gun registration law. The bill was brought up for another vote by Myers who was told by Appropriations Committee chairman Stephen Wojdak to send it back to the Committee, but Myers stated that the bill had enough support to pass and put it up for a vote.

The bill was defeated with —88 voting to reject it. On July 2, , Myers was given the Democratic nomination to run in the special election to fill the first congressional district seat following William A. Barrett 's death. Mottl proposed a constitutional amendment that would ban forced busing and Myers supported the amendment. In , Myers punched and kicked a security guard and a year-old female cashier in an elevator leading from the rooftop lounge of a Quality Inn motel in Arlington, Virginia.

Myers became combative after they told him to turn down the music at a party he was having in the motel, shouting, "I'm a congressman: we don't have to be quiet.