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Windfall: How Conservatives, Contractors, and Developers Cashed In on Katrina
By Jean Casella and James Ridgeway, Mother Jones In those first emotional days after Katrina laid waste to the Gulf Coast, widespread predictions of a political sea change arrived from liberal and even some conservative commentators. “Americans are ready to fix their restless gaze on enduring problems of poverty, race, and class that have escaped…
No confidence resolution introduced in the House of Representatives
Michael Roston, Raw Story Two Democratic Members of Congress who previously served as Assistant United States Attorneys have formally introduced a ‘no confidence’ resolution in the House of Representatives against Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, RAW STORY has learned. “Resolved: That the House of Representatives and the American people have lost confidence in Attorney General Alberto…
Gingrich says Gonzales should consider resigning
By Hope Yen ASSOCIATED PRESS 9:01 a.m. April 8, 2007 WASHINGTON ““ Joining a growing list of Republicans, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Sunday that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should consider resigning. The possible presidential candidate said the botched firing of U.S. attorneys has destroyed Gonzales’ credibility as the nation’s top law enforcer. “I…
