Should Visclosky Forfeit Committee Seat?

Scrutiny over U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky’s ties to a disgraced lobbying firm intensified Thursday as a Republican colleague urged his ouster from the high-powered House Appropriations Committee.

Rep. Darrell Issa asked fellow Californian and Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to urge Visclosky to resign from the committee pending the outcome of the federal probe into defunct firm The PMA Group.

Read more: (Christine Kraly, “GOP Rep: Visclosky Should Forfeit Committee Seat,” The Times of Northwest Indiana, 6/05/09)