From what I understand, the Ethics Committee abruptly stopped their on-going investigation of Massa, I figured it was along the lines of Glenn Beck's reasoning, that we'd know if Massa got *the phone call* after his ranting Sunday if suddenly, the probe (no pun intended) was over. When I heard it announced in a news spot, I decided, yep, Massa agrees to shut up, no naming names and all as he'd promised he was going to do with Glenn the other afternoon, they will stop looking into this smarmy, creepy stuff.
Today, Boehner introduced a privileged resolution, something the leader of each party is entitled to do, forgive my lack of specific procedural detail, I believe this kind of resolution goes to the top of the order of business, it is mandatory the House deals with it, etc., why the leader is the one with the privilege to introduce it. Anyhoo, he does so, it was to re-open the Ethics Committee investigation, complete the job, enough Dems joined the GOP to pass the resolution, so in effect, I believe, it would mean they must continue the probe.
I hope I got enough of this correct for you -- I know what you mean about bizarre!!
Great stuff thanks.
What is the investigation about? He’s groping guys, and is an anti homosexual lawmaker who is gay?
What did or didn’t happen on Beck?
No, that’s not the story.
They stopped the investigation of Massa because he resigned, and the house has no jurisdiction over former members.
This was a request to START an investigation into the house democratic leadership, regarding when they were told of the complaints against Massa, and how the complaints were handled.
This is analagous to the motion back in 2006 to investigate the republican leadership regarding the Tom Foley matter.