(CBS/AP) Pressure mounted on the White House Thursday to fire Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for the abrupt dismissal of U.S. attorneys. More Republicans called for his ouster, and one Republican strategist close to the White House told CBS News that Gonzales is “finished.”
By Joseph Rhee and Dana Hughes, ABC News A Texas businessman listed as a major fundraiser for President George Bush has made millions of dollars in profits from a federal reading program that critics say favored administration cronies at the expense of schoolchildren. A company founded and owned by Randy Best, who is listed by…
Minnesota Case Fits Pattern in US Attorneys Flap By Tom Hamburger, The Los Angeles Times For more than 15 years, clean-cut, square-jawed Tom Heffelfinger was the embodiment of a tough Republican prosecutor. Named U.S. attorney for Minnesota in 1991, he won a series of high-profile white-collar crime and gun and explosives cases. By the time…
therawstory In first debate, Edwards and Clinton skirmish over Iraq War votes Michael Roston […] Other than Rep. Kucinich, none of the other candidates said they would support the impeachment of Vice President Dick Cheney. The Ohio Congressman was asked to defend his argument that impeachment was a good use of American time. “I took…
Wouldn’t a real President insist on a comprehensive investigation knowing that military grade anthrax held under top security was used in these attacks shortly after 9/11? Why has there been no thorough investigation?
By David Swanson, TomDispatch.com …The peace movement lobbied a Republican Congress without success for four years. Then, on November 7, 2006, the American public elected a Democratic Congress in a clear mandate delivered at the polls. Not a single new Republican was elected, and 30 new Democrats were ushered in, with voters overwhelmingly telling pollsters…
democrats.com By David Swanson On July 20th, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers discussed the prospects for impeachment at greater length than has previously been widely reported. What has previously been known is that Congressman Conyers gave a speech in San Diego at which he said: “We need to have three Members of Congress from…
