The two top Democrats in the Pennsylvania state house--Minority Leader Frank Dermody and Minority Whip Mike Hanna--have asked Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate the initial handling of the Jerry Sandusky case. The letter, viewable here, makes a pretty revealing disclosure--they wanted to get their colleagues to join them in asking for a probe, but didn't even get the chance to do so.
The Pennsylvania Democratic House Caucus hoped to use the full, bipartisan power of the Pennsylvania General Assembly to urge your office, through a concurrent resolution (House Resolution 520) to conduct an independent review of the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General's handling of the Sandusky case. Unfortunately, the Speaker of the House and his Republican colleagues repeatedly blocked this resolution from even being debated--let alone voted--on the House floor. (emphasis mine)
Unbelievable. You'd think child abuse would be something that would cut across party lines. Also, how many moms, dads and grandparents are in the Pennsylvania House Republican caucus? This is at least as disgraceful as Corbett's slow-walking of the investigation.