The nub of things, Paterson, successor to "call-girl" Spitzer as NY Guv, has that vote.
The wire feed takes a long and intricate route to saying that. Here.
If she gets that vote, she will be running in the future on her interim record, so all the present hooting, questioning, and coverage will be moot.
But it is celebrity where we have no aristocracy, as such, no House of Lords.