House panel subpoenas White House aides (Bush, DON'T GIVE IN OR IT WILL NEVER END!)

MSNBC ^ | 3/21/2007 | NBC

[tobyhill]

WASHINGTON - A House panel on Wednesday defied the White House and authorized subpoenas for President Bush’s political adviser, Karl Rove and other top aides, setting up a constitutional showdown over the firings of eight federal prosecutors.

By voice vote and without objection, the House Judiciary subcommittee on commercial and administrative law decided to compel the president’s top aides to testify publicly and under oath about their roles in the firings.

The White House has refused to budge in the controversy, standing by embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and insisting that the firings were appropriate.

[livius]

I agree. They tasted blood so often that they've gotten used to getting it. And we let them do it.

[DJ MacWoW]

They have no 'advice and consent' role.

Yeah, they do.

TITLE 28 > PART II > CHAPTER 35 > § 541 United States attorneys

(a) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a United States attorney for each judicial district

[Hat-Trick]

Bush should have dunked ALL 93 of them after he won 04.

Clinton did it when he won in '92, and many believe that Hillary was behind orchestrating the whole mess.

The sanctimonious selective memory of the left in this country makes me want to puke.

[PajamaTruthMafia]

These are the same people who don't want legally issued search warrants against congressman to be executed!

[since 1854]

U.S. Representatives are not members of the U.S. Senate.

[tobyhill]

If they are trying to get to the bottom of the leak cases then the US Attorneys need to get the Grand Jury to compel the MSM to testify who leaked the classified info and then let the GJ recommend indictments of the leaker's. That would take the whole political realm out of the air but for some reason the AG nor the US Attorneys have gone to the GJ.

[Tirian]

but this is the House ....

[jrooney]

Maybe they have. Dana Priest from the WAPO that was involved in the CIA secret prisons leak is harder to find than "wheres Waldo". I would say there is much going on behind the scenes and soon to surface that will haunt and crush the donks.

[azsportsterman]

The Patriot Act gave direct appointment authority (of US Attorneys) to the AG. The dems are right now trying to change that back to the reference you cited, ( one side of congress has approved a bill to do this) but as of this moment they haven't been able to complete the action.

[tobyhill]

I would like to think there's behind the scene stuff in finding the leaker's but the MSM keeps leaking and keeps getting their info from somewhere and after 4+ years of this there's been zilch other than Berger that got a slap on the wrist.

[napscoordinator]

I don't understand this at all. Weren't all the "fired" people Republican? They mentioned something like that on the news. Why would the Democrats care about Republicans being fired????

[DJ MacWoW]

With the Dems, that makes a difference? It's "Get Bush" time. And they're making hay. Since when have Dems cared about "legal"?

Unfortunately, this is not the only troubling thing going on. Yesterday, there was this too: Senate Limits Gonzales' Hiring Authority

The bill, which has yet to be considered in the House, would set a 120-day deadline for the administration to appoint an interim prosecutor. If the interim appointment is not confirmed by the Senate in that time, a permanent replacement would be named by a federal district judge.

Notice that what they are trying to pass is different than the existing law: TITLE 28 > PART II > CHAPTER 35 > § 546 Vacancies

(d) If an appointment expires under subsection (c)(2), the district court for such district may appoint a United States attorney to serve until the vacancy is filled. The order of appointment by the court shall be filed with the clerk of the court.

They're trying to pull a lot of crap.

[newcthem]

Bush will fold like the good little Rino, that he is. Nothing new here.

[DJ MacWoW]

The dems are right now trying to change that back to the reference you cited,

Maybe not. See post 52

[ANGGAPO]

Perhaps John Bolton would make a good AG. The Donks would walk off of a cliff.

[bw17]

I just spoke with Rep. Tom Feeney's aide.

The "voice vote without dissent" means that nobody objected to doing a voice vote rather than a recorded vote.

A voice vote means that everybody weighs in on the discussion, but ultimately the chair (Rep. Sanchez-D) decides whether to issue the subpoenas.

Rep. Feeney's aide was emphatic in stating that he opposes the subpoenas *at this time* in order to sift through the evidence that the White House has provided or will provide, but he reserves the right to support the subpoenas if any sign of wrongdoing shows up in the information.

So, as usual, the media has distorted what actually transpired.

[bw17]

The Republicans didn't vote for subpoenas. See post #56.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

We freepers sure taught those pubs a 'lesson' last nov, didnt we?

Yes, we did, and I'm glad!
Now the GOP will hopefully realize how bloodthirsty the Dems are, and start fighting back. Had they won in 2006, the same complacency and Dim corruption would have continued.

[tobyhill]

Because these RINO US Attorneys have been playing favor with the Rats and now with them gone the Rats lost their firewall but the problem is there's too many other RINOs ready to help them rebuild their firewall.

[ghostrider]

We freepers sure taught those pubs a 'lesson' last nov, didnt we? /s

If this is a reflection of the Repo mindset, then we are in for another election disaster. Most Democrats can be intimidated into voting for rats, but a large number of Republicans won't be intimidated and would rather let the whole rotten political process collapse on itself and then get on with rebuilding. It looks like no lessons were learned by anyone.