HOUSE APPROVES BILL TO CLOSE LOOPHOLE AT HEART OF ATTORNEY FIRINGS SCANDAL

[kpete]

House approves bill to close loophole at heart of Attorney firings scandal
Josh Catone
Published: Tuesday May 22, 2007

The US House of Representatives today passed a bill that closes a "loophole" that allowed President Bush to circumvent the Senate confirmation process for federal prosecutors.

The legislation, authored by Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA), passed the House with a vote of 306-114. It has already cleared the Senate (94-2), and it is expected that Bush will sign it into law.

The provision that this legislation will change was inserted into the USA Patriot Act reauthorization last year, and allowed the Attorney General to appoint US Attorneys indefinitely without Senate approval.

It came to light after eight US Attorneys were fired late last year.

more at:
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/House_approves_bill_to_close_loophole_0522.html

[burrowowl]

1. The frigging House should be voting on

Articles of IMPEACHMENT of BU$HCO! It won't stop until they are OUT! Lots of laws, treaties and traditions worked until these felonous criminals stole 2 elections!