IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 762 
Raising a question of the privileges of the House. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 5, 2006 
Ms. PELOSI submitted the following resolution; which was laid on the table 
RESOLUTION 
Raising a question of the privileges of the House. 
Whereas, on March 31, 2006, Tony Rudy, a former top Re-
publican Leadership staff person, pleaded guilty to 
charges that he conspired with Republican lobbyist Jack 
Abramoff to bribe public officials, including accepting 
money, meals, trips, and tickets to sporting events from 
Mr. Abramoff in exchange for official acts that included 
influencing legislation to aid Mr. Abramoff’s clients; 
Whereas The Washington Post has stated that Mr. Rudy’s 
plea bargain is an admission of a ‘‘far-reaching criminal 
enterprise operating out of’’ the Republican Leader’s of-
fice, ‘‘an enterprise that helped sway legislation, influence 
public policy, and enrich its main players.’’ (The Wash-
ington Post, April 1, 2006); 
Whereas the press has reported that ‘‘court papers point out 
official actions that were taken in (the Republican Lead-
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ers) office that benefited Abramoff, his clients or (the 
former 
Republican 
Leader’s 
Chief 
of 
Staff 
Ed) 
Buckham.’’ (Roll Call, April 3, 2006); 
Whereas, according to Mr. Rudy’s plea agreement, his crimes 
involving illegal favors and lobbying activity lasted from 
1997 through 2004; 
Whereas on March 31, 2006, Assistant U.S. Attorney Gen-
eral Alice S. Fisher stated, ‘‘The American public loses 
when officials and lobbyists conspire to buy and sell influ-
ence in such a corrupt and brazen manner. By his admis-
sion in open court today, Mr. Rudy paints a picture of 
Washington which the American public and law enforce-
ment will simply not tolerate.’’; 
Whereas Mr. Rudy is the second former high-ranking Repub-
lican Leadership staff person, in addition to Michael 
Scanlon, to admit wrongdoing in the corruption investiga-
tion centered on Mr. Abramoff; 
Whereas, on March 29, 2006, Mr. Abramoff was sentenced 
to five years and ten months in prison after pleading 
guilty to conspiracy and wire fraud; 
Whereas it is the purview of the Committee on Standards of 
Official Conduct to investigate allegations that relate to 
the official conduct of a Member or a staff person, the 
abuse of a Member’s official position, and violations of 
the Rules of the House, and to take disciplinary action 
in cases of wrongdoing; 
Whereas the fact that cases are being investigated by the 
U.S. Justice Department does not preclude the Com-
mittee on Standards of Official Conduct from deter-
mining investigative steps that must be taken; 
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Whereas in the first session of the 109th Congress, for the 
first time in the history of the House of Representatives, 
the rules of procedure of the Committee on Standards of 
Official Conduct were changed on a partisan basis, the 
Chairman of the Committee and two of his Republican 
Colleagues were dismissed from the Committee, the newly 
appointed Chairman of the Committee improperly and 
unilaterally fired non-partisan staff, and the Chairman 
attempted to appoint supervisory staff without a vote of 
the Committee in direct contravention of the intent of the 
bi-partisan procedures adopted in 1997; and 
Whereas, because of these actions, the Committee on Stand-
ards of Official Conduct conducted no investigative activi-
ties in the first session of the 109th Congress: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the Committee on Standards of Offi-
cial Conduct shall immediately initiate an investigation of 
the misconduct by Members of Congress and their staff 
implicated in the scandals associated with Mr. Jack 
Abramoff’s criminal activity. 
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