Where the speech or debate clause did not bar the criminal case against a former member of Congress for filing false or otherwise improper claims for reimbursement, the lower court opinion was partially dismissed and partially affirmed.The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in part and dismissed in part a decision by U.S. District Judge Colin S. Bruce, Central District of Illinois.Aaron Schock resigned from Congress in March 2015 after his constituents responded adversely to disclosures about trips he took at …