So the news right now is that the Issa’s committee has decided to hold Eric Holder in contempt of Congress. To that Nancy Pelosi had this to say: “I could have arrested Karl Rove on any given day,” Pelosi said to laughter, during a sit-down with reporters. “I’m not kidding. There’s a prison here in […]
With President Obama’s first pick for a Supreme Court justice looming, I am sitting here wondering if the GOP will try to block his pick. There is an interesting timing here. On the same week Arlen Specter switched parties, Souter announces his retirement. Specter was the ranking member of the judiciary committee and the friendliest […]
Just breaking on CNN that Republicans on the Judiciary Committee have blocked the confirmation of Eric Holder for Attorney General for one week. Apparently the big show stopped was rather or not he would prosecute people involved with torture (imagine that). This leads me to a couple of points: What do the Republicans have against […]
Ok I am impressed: Melody Barnes, Domestic Policy Council served as chief counsel to Senator Ted Kennedy on the Judiciary Committee from 1985 to 1993. Want to get an idea of how progressive she is? Read this: In January of 2007, prior to President Bush’s state of the union address, Barnes wrote this essay for […]
Pelosi was ready for Mukasey’s refusal to enforce the contempt citations. Now the next step – court: “By ordering the U.S. Attorney to take no action in response to congressional subpoenas, the Bush Administration is continuing to politicize law enforcement, which undermines public confidence in our criminal justice system. “Anticipating this response from the Administration, […]
This is from “the Decider“: President Bush gave embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales a strong vote of confidence on Monday despite scant support and scathing criticism from key Republicans. “This is an honest, honorable man, in whom I have confidence,” Bush said. The president said that Gonzales’ testimony before skeptical Judiciary Committee senators last week […]
Next week the House will hold hearings on the firing of federal prosecutors. John Conyers issued the first subpoenas since the Democrats took over in this case. He subpoenaed the fired prosecutors to testify before the Judiciary Committee, which Conyers chairs. It has also come out now that Heather Wilson and Pete Domenci were the […]
Iraq’s involvement in 9/11 – none WMDs found in Iraq – zero Saddam’s ties to terrorism – zilch Number of terrorists created from Iraq war – a shit load. These are the facts that have come out from Bush’s own spy agencies. Everything we have been fed by the Bush administration these past 3+ years […]
Russ Feingold has issued the following statement regarding his walk out of today’s hearings on the Constitutional Amendment on Marriage: “Today’s markup of the constitutional amendment concerning marriage, in a small room off the Senate floor with only a handful of people other than Senators and their staffs present, was an affront to the Constitution. […]
Wow Bush sure does know how to pick them: Key Democrats denounced Terrence Boyle on Capitol Hill Monday and Tuesday, after a Salon report revealed that the controversial judge, nominated to one of the nation’s highest courts by President Bush, violated federal law on conflicts of interest. As the debate over Boyle heated up, the […]