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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-12-07 01:08 PM
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Conyers/Sanchez looking for what "next steps are warranted."...Call (here are #):
cross-posting-very Important.

Forum Name General Discussion: Politics
Topic subject Conyers/Sanchez looking for what "next steps are warranted."...Call (here are #):
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3372266#3372266
3372266, Conyers/Sanchez looking for what "next steps are warranted."...Call (here are #):
Posted by rodeodance on Thu Jul-12-07 01:01 PM


DU can help them ----Light up their PHONES NOW. please.


Conyers/Sanchez looking for what "next steps are warranted."...Call (here are #):

Forum Name General Discussion
Topic subject Linda Sanchez From House Judiciary Committee--On Miers; Call Now
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1315176#1315176
1315176, Linda Sanchez From House Judiciary Committee--On Miers; Call Now
Posted by orleans on Thu Jul-12-07 12:33 PM

she is coming up on ed schultz show
listen live:
http://www.wcpt850.com/WCPT_Live/WCPT2.ram

(on edit: she *was* on the show)

she will be talking about the house holding harriet miers in contempt

THEY NEED TO HOLD HER IN INHERENT CONTEMPT (otherwise, a charge of contempt of congress will go through gonzo--inherent contempt will be will take place with a mini trial within the house)

contact the committee members and and ask they hold miers in INHERENT CONTEMPT

http://judiciary.house.gov/CommitteeMembership.aspx

contact the committee members and and ask they hold miers in INHERENT CONTEMPT

john conyers (202) 225-5126

linda sanchez 202) 225-6676

howard berman (202) 225-4695

rich boucher (202) 225-3861

jerry nadler 202-225-5635

robert scott 202) 225-8351

melvin watt (202) 225-1510

zoe lofgren (202) 225-3072

sheila jackson lee 202) 225-3816

maxine waters (202) 225-2201

martin meehan 202) 225-3411

william delahunt (202) 225-3111

robert wexler (202) 225-3001

steve cohen (202) 225-3265

hank johnson (202) 225-1605

Luis Gutierrez 202) 225-8203

brad sherman (202) 225-5911

anthoney weiner (202) 225-6616

Adam B. Schiff (202) 225-4176

Artur Davis (202) 225-2665

Debbie Wasserman Schultz Phone: 202-225-7931

Keith Ellison (612) 522-1212

Tammy Baldwin 202) 225-2906


i understand that harriet miers did not appear before congress today, regardless of the subpoena she has been given.
i am calling to urge you to use the process of INHERENT CONTEMPT -- the procedure of holding a person in contempt within the house.




http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070712/pl_nm/usa_prosecutors_dc ;_ylt=AlwMhgpRBh0cxPDfI7zTq9_MWM0F
Former Bush counsel faces possible contempt charges

By Thomas Ferraro 36 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A divided congressional panel moved toward bringing contempt charges against former White House counsel Harriet Miers on Thursday after she refused to appear at a hearing on the firing of federal prosecutors.

On a party-line vote of 7-5, a Democratic-led House of Representatives Judiciary subcommittee rejected Miers' contention that President George W. Bush's claim of executive privilege allowed her not to attend its hearing or testify on what she knows about the dismissals.

"We have given all these claims careful consideration, and I hereby rule that those claims are not legally valid, and that Ms. Miers is required pursuant to the subpoena to be here now and to produce documents and answer questions," said subcommittee Chairwoman Linda Sanchez, a California Democrat.

After her panel approved the ruling, Sanchez said, "This subcommittee and the full committee will take under advisement what next steps are warranted."........
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