Kyle Stewart is a field producer covering Congress for NBC News.
WASHINGTON — Rep. Sean Casten, D-Ill., is forcing a floor vote this week to require the House Ethics Committee to release a report on its yearslong investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla. Casten on Tuesday introduced a resolution that would force the bipartisan ethics panel to act. Because the resolution is “privileged,” it must be brought to the floor within two legislative days for a vote.
The committee only has jurisdiction over sitting members of Congress, but there is a precedent decades ago of the committee publicizing a report about a former lawmaker months after he resigned from Congress. On Oct. 5, 1987, then-Rep. Bill Boner, D-Tenn., resigned to become mayor of Nashville. The Ethics Committee released an initial staff report the following December examining allegations that Boner misused campaign funds, failed to disclose gifts and accepted bribes.
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