Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) announced that he will resign from the Republican leadership at the end of the 109th Congress. (Time story)
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) has written a letter to Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez inquiring as to whether members of his staff suppressed a federal scientist from discussing the link between hurricanes and global warming. (TPM Muckraker story)
Former House leaders, including Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), announced they will file an amicus brief arguing that the FBI search of Rep. William Jefferson’s (D-La.) office was unconstitutional.