Posted on 01/19/2008 4:26:11 PM PST by Libloather
House Democrats Target Bolten, Miers
By Dan Eggen and Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post Staff Writers
Monday, January 14, 2008; Page A03
Democratic leaders are preparing to launch the second session of the 110th Congress this week with a partisan shot, hints of conciliation and some serious procrastination.
In its first couple of weeks after it returns tomorrow, the House is likely to take up contempt-of-Congress resolutions against White House Chief of Staff Joshua B. Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet E. Miers for their refusal to appear before Congress for questioning about the 2006 removal of nine U.S. attorneys, Democratic leadership aides said.
In the Senate, which is not scheduled to return until Jan. 22, Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) has made it clear that he is likely to seek at least a one-month delay in considering changes to the law governing surveillance in terrorism and intelligence cases. The White House is pushing hard to grant immunity to telecommunications companies that assisted government surveillance after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
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"It hasn't always been pretty, but we have been able to find ways to get some things done with Congress" over the past year, Fratto said. "It is a problem that Congress hasn't gotten their work done, but we'd like to help them."
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The American Civil Liberties Union strongly opposes immunity. Caroline Fredrickson, director of the ACLU's Washington office, said, "The basic message coming out of this is that it's utter chaos up there."
"They don't know what they want to do," Fredrickson said, referring to Democrats. "They've put themselves back in a position where they're compelled to pass some kind of extension. . . . It just shows a total lack of leadership."
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11% approval and sinking...
Where is that picture of the guy with the caption “Oh jeez, not this s**t again” when we need it.
still cryin bout their D.A. dem operatives given the heave hoe?
boo friggen hoo
there wasnt such outrage at the clintons political firings....nooooooo.
Stop it. You’re making me sick. Nothing like a Democrat Congress for getting things done.
Me? Hey, I only pass along the headlines. (Suddenly I feel like the NY Times. Dirty enough to take a shower...)
You should. :-)
But I'm already sick from seeing Ron Paul finish second in Nevada. There are numberous stories of caucus problems and lack of participation, which doesn't surprise me.
Welcome to the brave new world, first put forth by Woodrow Wilson, the new fascists American state. Don't know what fascism is, how it works, look it up in any good unabridged dictionary or even try wikipedia.
Global Warming is the people's rally point for the new American Fascism. Here is a rundown of the new Hillary plans. She has been working on this since her thesis in college, hey is that why it's been hidden from view for all these years?
Democracies function when there is constant debate and descent.
Dems, why don’t you stifle it?
Give it a rest.
Indeed. I don't think the American people at this point could care less about nine fired attorneys, or whether telecoms can get sued for this or that. Congess 'rats are stuck in a rut, spinning their wheels in the same old sand.
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