(CBS/AP) Speaker Dennis Hastert's job is on the line as members ofthe House ethics committee decide how to launch a credible investigation of former Rep. Mark Foley's salacious computer messages to teenage pages.
The closed-door session comes amid more revelations in the Foley scandal, reports CBS News correspondent Sharyl Attkisson, including an official request by a leading Republican to investigate reports regarding Foley drinking outside the House page dorms.
The letter from House Majority Leader John Boehner piles on to the growing scandal over Foley and his penchant for getting close and personal with teenage pages.
Boehner asked the Clerk of the House to investigate reports Foley "may have been seen intoxicated at night outside the U.S. House of Representatives Page Dormitory, possibly attempting to gain entry to the building."
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Hastert told the Chicago Tribune on Wednesday night that he has no thoughts of resigning. He blamed ABC News, which broke the Foley e-mail story, and Democratic operatives for the mushrooming scandal.
The Justice Department, meanwhile, ordered House officials to preserve all records related to Foley's electronic correspondence with teenagers. The request for record preservation is often followed by search warrants and subpoenas, and signal that investigators are moving closer to a criminal investigation.
In the wake of reports that he has known for years about Rep. Foley's inappropriate e-mails to congressional pages, should Speaker Dennis Hastert resign? 76% say YES.
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