Doolittle to resign seat on House Appropriations Committee
Susan Davis over at Roll Call is reporting that Congressman John Doolittle is going to be resigning from the powerful House Appriations Committee. Here is an excerpt:
Facing increasing legal scrutiny into his family¹s ties with incarcerated former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, Rep. John Doolittle (R-Calif.) is expected to send a letter to House leaders today removing himself from his post on the powerful Appropriations Committee. While Doolittle is expected to voluntarily take himself off the panel while the investigation continues, knowledgeable House sources said that Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and members of the Republican Steering Committee, which determines committee assignments were prepared to remove him from his post if he would not do so … Read More