 In consultation with the INS, the House committee identified as many as 4,700 questionable registration affidavits; but the probe was dropped before these affidavits could be investigated.As Article I Section V of the Constitution of the United States provides that "Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members", the investigation was without binding authority.In a 1998 rematch, she easily defeated Dornan and would not face another serious contest in a congressional election.