So you wanna play?

House Republicans are calling on House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to release documentation on a 2001 trip to Puerto Rico that may have been paid for by a Washington Lobbyist firm.

In the Washington Times this a.m.:

"We feel that such lingering questions undermine the integrity of the institution and we hope [the questions] will be cleared up as soon as possible," wrote Republican Reps. Patrick T. McHenry of North Carolina and Lynn Westmoreland of Georgia.

The Washington Times reported earlier this week that Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Ohio Democrat and member of the House ethics committee, listed a registered lobbyist as the trip's sponsor. House rules prohibit registered lobbyists from paying for travel by members.

On travel disclosure forms filed with the House clerk, Mrs. Pelosi and others on the trip listed a group called Todo Puerto Rico con Vieques as its sponsor.

If "Miss America" wants to go around trying to raise unproven allegations about Majority Leader Tom DeLay, she better be prepared to answer some questions of her own. And some other Democrats as well.

Nice to see the GOP starting to push back. This isn't a game of tiddly-winks, here.

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