Conyers gives White House ultimatum as Dems inch toward vote on contempt

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Source: the hll


http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/conyers-gives-white-house-ultimatum-as-dems-inch-toward-vote-on-contempt-2007-11-06.html

Conyers gives White House ultimatum as Dems inch toward vote on contempt
By Susan Crabtree
November 06, 2007

House Democrats and the White House moved closer to a constitutional showdown Monday when Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) readied a contempt-of-Congress citation against the White House for failing to comply with subpoenas for documents and testimony from two top staffers.

Conyers, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, filed the contempt resolution with the clerk of the House Monday. But he gave the administration one last chance to comply with subpoenas for documents and testimony from White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former White House Counsel Harriet Miers.

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“As we submit the committee’s contempt report to the full House, I am writing one more time to seek to resolve this issue on a cooperative basis,” wrote Conyers. He asked Fielding to respond by Friday.

The move does not necessarily mean the House will vote on the contempt citation, but it gives Democratic leaders the option to bring up the resolution should they decide to pursue it. ..........

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one more time-----will it be magic???????

[babylonsister]

1. For the record, this would be the ninth time. nt

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2. HERE is the contempt report-all 862 pages--with FOOTNOTES

http://judiciary.house.gov/Media/PDFS/Contempt-Report071105.pdf

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3. Dana Perino ridiculed the Democratic congressional leadership for spending so much time investigatin

IDIOT!!---

............White House spokeswoman Dana Perino ridiculed the Democratic congressional leadership for spending so much time investigating the White House when they still have a string of appropriations bill to pass.

“I’m just amazed that the Democrats actually think they’ve accomplished so much on behalf of the American people that they can now waste time again on another diversion,” Perino told reporters at the White House daily briefing.

Perino noted that House Democrats named conferees on the labor, health and human services and education appropriations bill only just last week, the first time they had moved to conference a spending bill this year.
She also said Democrats had repeatedly turned down the White House offer of interviews with senior staff — although she conceded the White House refused to have the interviews take place under oath or have them transcribed. ................

[Zorra]

9. If the Bu*h administration had not committed so many blatant crimes

against the people of the U.S., congressional leadership wouldn't have to spend their precious time time prosecuting them.

Of course, as a fanatical, loyal servant of the dark side, Dana Perino does not have the wherewithal to understand that the reason our congressional leadership was hired is to insure that our laws are just and are upheld, and that executive power is held in check. Like most fanatical RWers, she simply does not have the slightest clue that this is what our congress does as a major part of its job.

She sees our Democratic leadership as nothing but an impediment to the RW goals of overthrowing our democracy, instituting iron-fisted fascist dictatorship, and sanctioning the completely unrestricted exploitation of the majority American people by the "free market".

[rodeodance]

4. Pelosi has hired a lawyer to pursue this

House Republicans on the Judiciary Committee immediately derided Conyers’s decision to file the contempt citation as a waste of time after an exhaustive investigation into the U.S. firings that included 15 hearings, meetings and mark-ups regarding the U.S. attorney removals, a dozen witness interviews with Justice Department officials and a review of more than 10,000 pages of documents released by the administration.

Republicans also highlighted Democrats’ decision to spend $250,000 to hire Arnold & Porter to help run the U.S. attorneys investigation. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) recently named Irv Nathan, a partner at the firm involved in the Judiciary panel investigation, to be the new House counsel whose job it would be to pursue the contempt case in court.

Rep. Lamar Smith (Texas), the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, said, “Today’s filing is a desperate attempt by Democrats to distract attention from their poor record in Congress.”

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) also weighed in, arguing that the U.S. attorneys investigation “failed to produce any results” even though the Democrats on the panel spent “more time playing political games on this issue than it has spent on national security, violent crime and sexual predators combined.”

[asjr]

5. If they don't comply Conyers can

always try to make them sit in the corner.

[Massachusetts]

6. Dems are looking awful.

The Public understands and will respect the Politicians (Party), that are (is) decisive, regardless of what tactics the "other side" uses. IMO

[gort]

7. but now they've gone too far.....

and this time he's gonna give them such a pinch!

[gratuitous]

8. Dear Congressional Democrats

You know how your approval ratings are pretty dismal? Something like 11%? I guaran-fucking-tee you that they will quadruple at least and almost certainly go over 50% if you issue that contempt citation and start governing, instead of bowing to every illegality perpetrated by this corrupt administration.

We the people sent you a pretty clear memo about what we wanted you to do in November 2006. Quit staring slack-jawed at the memo, and just do your goddam jobs.

Love and kisses,
Your friendly neighborhood gratuitous

[Virginia Dare]

10. It's actually 37%, not 11%...

not great, but why parrot the right-wing talking points? That 11% is the figure that is perpetuated by FAUX NOOZ.

[rockybelt]

11. Will it be magic?

No, it will lead to another ultimatum that the wh will ignore again.
This nutless congress must hang their head in shame.:cry:

[classysassy]

12. the party of the dumb

the dems are so cowardly.

[classysassy]

13. Oh John

shut your pie hole and take the money(bribes),like the rest of the clowns in your party.