this resolution. obviously the republicans are kind of feeding the story, trying to give the story legs a little bit. but what is the news nugget that they're hanging this on that they put this resolution on today? >> well, they, thought, democrats did, that eric massa's resignation would be enough. it wasn't, because there was some confusion when the democratic officials knew of some kind of problem happening in the office of the former new york congressman. so how does the story go? well, there have been questions about what did the speaker know? now, senior aides to the speaker say that their office was given some information back in october. but not rising to the level of these sexual harassment allegations. it was really of a different tone. they said they were warned by one of massa's staffers at the time that the congressman had too many staffers, had been living with some of his staffers, and there were concerns about foul language. so today the speaker said that she did not know about the sexual harassment allegations until very late in the game. and so she is contending that she and her office were not