Res. to request info on Trump-Russia likely to be buried

From Rep. Nadler's website, 2017/02/24: http://nadler.house.gov/press-release/nadler-calls-out-republicans-trying-bury-debate-resolution-inquiry

"First, House Republicans chose to consider this resolution in committee—as opposed to allowing debate on the House floor—because they would prefer that only a few of their safest members be forced to take a vote on this matter. The Majority must decide between conducting basic oversight of President Trump, on the one hand, or being complicit in potential misdeeds by Trump and his associates, on the other."

"Second, committee leadership has scheduled the markup for Tuesday in an obvious attempt to bury our debate in the heavy media coverage of President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress."

The Chairman of the committee used the equivalent of lorem ispum to introduce an amendment to the resolution. If I follow, the idea is that the amendment would require debate - another way to cut off debate on the resolution itself.

"Chairman Goodlatte also gave notice of an amendment in the nature of a substitute to my resolution, with wording virtually identical to H. Res. 111. That amendment only exists as a threat to cut off debate on the underlying resolution. I urge the Chairman not to break from the longstanding practice of the House Judiciary Committee, and to allow a full debate on the resolution of inquiry."

"Members of Congress have an obligation to conduct oversight of the Executive Branch."

Perhaps not all is lost. Also from 2017/02/24: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/politics/sd-me-issa-maher-20170224-story.html

"Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista, said on Friday that a special prosecutor needs to lead an investigation into the alleged ties between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s regime."

Alas, this is just talk, not actual legislative action.