It looks as if Congressman Issa is specifically ruling out any investigations into President Obama’s natural born citizen status.
From an article in the New Yorker magazine:
“Issa has tried to draw a line separating events that he considers appropriate subjects for investigation and those which he deems inappropriate. He has criticized his predecessors for wasting time looking into matters involving the Clintons that predated their arrival at the White House, such as the Whitewater and cattle-futures episodes. ‘These are items that occurred before the President was elected,’ Issa told me. ‘I would not have viewed them as particularly significant.’ He added that issues involving Obama’s past are also off limits, such as ‘the birther question.’ Implicit in this rule is that his past should also be left undisturbed.
‘Darrell’s sensitive about fixating too much on his past,’ Bardella said. ‘Obviously, the stuff that happened . . .’ His voice trailed off. ‘We can talk about it, as well we should. It is part of his past, but it does make him somewhat wary.’”
The section of the article quoted above is toward the end of a fairly long article.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/01/24/110124fa_fact_lizza?printable=true#ixzz1BWH8162x
Obama is going down in scandal this year BOt.