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Resolution on Gannon inquiry to be taken up Wednesday by House Judiciary Committee

Raw Story | March 16 2005

A resolution put forth by House Democrats to force a vote on whether Congress will demand information relating to the credentialing of discredited White House correspondent Jeff Gannon will come to a vote Wednesday, RAW STORY has learned.

The resolution, which will put both Republicans and Democrats on the record whether to force agencies to turn over information relating to Gannon’s credentialing, is to be considered at 10 a.m. Wednesday.

The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, F. James Sensebrenner (R-WI) gave notice at 10 a.m. Tuesday, a House aide close to the matter said.

The aide, who asked not to be identified by name, said the vote was intended to put members on the record as to whether they supported an investigation into Gannon, a conservative ‘reporter’ and male escort who had access to President Bush.

It’s intended “to force a vote, and a discussion on whether we’re going to let the White House continue to use shills to press their propaganda and allow them to use the Secret Service and the Department of Justice to do that,” the aide said.

Members do not expect Republicans, who have a majority on the committee, to adopt the measure. Republicans turned away a similar measure into the investigation on who leaked the name of a CIA operative in 2004.

Today is also the final day under the Freedom of Information Act for the Bush Administration to respond to a FOIA request put

forth by Reps. John Conyers (D-MI) and Louise Slaughter (D-NY) which enjoined them to turn over all credentialing documents.

To date, neither office has received a response.

“The deadline for the FOIA request is today and we still have not received a response,” the aide said.

Given that Republicans are not expected to support the Gannon inquiry, aides close to the push say they will likely return to the FOIA request and regroup after Wednesday’s vote.

“If it goes as planned,” the aide stated, “we’ll have go to back to the FOIA request and keep pushing on that to see what our next step is.”