Capitol Hill correspondents committee declines to credential Breitbart 
 
 The Capitol Hill Standing Committee of Correspondents has voted to table Breitbart News’ credential process and declined to extend the organization’s temporary credentials to cover Congress, which expire at the end of May. Otherwise, three staff members who currently have temporary credentials (which the site has had for more than two years) will no longer have access after May 31. Among the issues raised by the Capitol Hill committee were concerns that members of Breitbart’s masthead, provided last month by Solov, were also employed by the Mercer-funded Government Accountability Institute, which was co-founded by now-White House chief strategist (and former Breitbart chairman) Steve Bannon. The GAI and the work and advocacy it does would not be in line with the committee’s guidelines for credentialing. In a letter to the committee, Solov said that although Managing Editor Wynton Hall was listed on the masthead as of last month, he actually resigned in February and the position “has remained vacant since then.” 
 
 “We have fully and fairly cooperated with your inquiries in good faith and believe that we have met and responded to the concerns you have raised,” Solov wrote. Standing Committee chairman Billy House of Bloomberg News said the ongoing questions about Breitbart's independence made it impossible for the committee to approve the group's application. The committee was also unmoved by an appeal by Solov to approve individual reporters instead of the whole organization.
– Breitbart's temporary press credentials to cover Congress won't be extended, and its application for permanent credentials is no longer being considered, Politico reports. The secretary for the Capitol Hill Standing Committee of Correspondents, which oversees credentialing, tells USA Today that Breitbart simply is "not ready." The committee only gives congressional access to news outlets it considers "legitimate." Its concern about Breitbart is that several editors are also employed by the Government Accountability Institute, which Steve Bannon used to run and which is funded by a major Republican donor. It also takes issue with Breitbart's lack of office space. Breitbart's temporary credentials expire at the end of May. It can reapply for access if it addresses the committee's concerns.