WASHINGTON. D.C. – In an unsurprising, but disappointing vote, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee united to oppose a Resolution of Inquiry demanding information regarding the job offers made by Administration officials to Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) and Colorado senatorial candidate Andrew Romanoff.  House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) released a statement immediately following the vote:

“Any high ground of transparency and accountability that House Democrats once claimed to stand on has been surrendered.  For all the talk, and it is talk, about living up to a higher standard of conduct and disclosure, time and again, the Democratic Majority takes the path of least resistance and political expediency instead of fulfilling the American people’s right to know the truth about unethical and possibly criminal conduct.  Ultimately, House Democrats will have to convince the American people that their standard of secrecy, backroom deals and preservation of the status quo without a check-and-balance is the best governing vision moving forward”

Judiciary Committee Democrats reported the resolution “adversely” by a vote of 15-12.

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