NO Foley Report Before Election

Ethics Report on Foley Not Expected Before Elections

By Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, October 28, 2006; Page A06

The House ethics committee has all but wrapped up the investigative phase of its probe into the actions of former representative Mark Foley, informing key witnesses that they will not be summoned back for more questioning, lawyers in the case said yesterday.

But those lawyers indicated that the committee is unlikely to release its report on the Florida Republican -- or even an interim memo -- before the Nov. 7 elections.

The quick pace of the investigation had raised hopes among some Democrats that the committee could release its findings in the coming days, fulfilling a pledge from the committee's top Democrat, Rep. Howard L. Berman (Calif.), that the probe would be wrapped up in "weeks, not months."

The political shock of Foley's sexually explicit instant-message exchanges with former House pages has faded, but questions remain about what senior House GOP leaders knew of Foley's behavior and when they knew it. A committee report could have resurrected Democratic charges of a coverup, some Democrats hoped.

more at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/27/AR2006102701501.html

for political purposes....

http://www.house.gov/ethics/CommitteeMembers.htm

I wish we'd hear from one of those members instead of from a lawyer.