{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://casten.house.gov/media/press-releases/casten-introduces-new-privileged-resolution-to-force-house-vote-on-gaetz-report", "Casten Introduces New Privileged Resolution To Force House Vote On Gaetz Report", "2024-12-03", "2024", "2024-12", "Democrat", "House", "IL", "Sean Casten", "C001117", "casten.house.gov", "casten", "https://casten.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2014 Today, U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) introduced a new privileged resolution to force a vote by the full House of Representatives within two legislative days to require the House Ethics Committee to release its report into allegations of serious misconduct by former Congressman Matt Gaetz.\n\n\u201cThe Committee on Ethics has, on many occasions, released its reports on former members,\u201d said Rep. Sean Casten. \u201cResigning from Congress should not allow Members to avoid accountability for allegations as serious as those faced by Matt Gaetz. Withholding this report from the American people would impede the dignity and integrity of the legislative proceedings of the House.\u201d\n\nSpeaker Johnson allowed Rep. Casten\u2019s previous resolution to expire during last week\u2019s recess.\n\nAn updated copy of the resolution can be found HERE. A video of Rep. Casten noticing his resolution today can be found HERE.\n\nThe House Committee on Ethics has a history of releasing reports and continuing investigations into allegations of serious misconduct for former Members who resigned:\n\nIn 1987, the Committee released a report on its investigation into allegations of the misuse of campaign funds, improper gifts, the failure to reveal business interests on his financial disclosure, and the acceptance of a bribe by former Representative Bill Boner (D-TN) following his resignation from Congress.\n\nIn 1990, the Committee released a report on its investigations of sexual misconduct allegations, which included having sexual intercourse with a minor and making sexual advances towards a congressional employee, against former Representative Don Lukens (R-OH) following his resignation from Congress.\n\nIn 2006, the Committee released a report on its investigation of sexual misconduct allegations, which included sending sexually explicit messages to at least one minor, against former Representative Mark Foley (R-FL) following his resignation from Congress.\n\nIn 2011, the Committee continued its investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct against former Representative Eric Massa (D-NY) following his resignation from Congress.\n\nLast month, Rep. Casten led 97 House Democrats in a letter to the House Ethics Committee requesting the immediate release of its report into allegations of serious misconduct by former Congressman Matt Gaetz.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:13:55Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://casten.house.gov/media/press-releases/casten-introduces-new-privileged-resolution-to-force-house-vote-on-gaetz-report"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9811487980186939, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}