Obviously, no one here has a clear grasp of politics in America, so allow me to explain in a party neutral, hypothetical scenario, where the legislature contemplates the following: The pope defecates in the woods, a tree falls on it, and there is no one is around to smell it, are bears catholic? Now one party says the answer is 11, the other says it is orange. They call for the formation of an independent sub committee to determine if bears, in fact, exist. After 19 months of extensive investigation, their findings are inconclusive.