Federal judge rules Bush aides can be subpoenaed RAW STORY WASHINGTON — President Bush’s top advisers are not immune from congressional subpoenas, a federal judge ruled Thursday in an unprecedented dispute between the two political branches. The House Judiciary Committee wants to question the president’s chief of staff, Josh Bolten, and former legal counsel Harriet…
SFGATE Zachary Coile, Chronicle Washington Bureau Four Senate Democrats called on EPA chief Stephen Johnson to resign Tuesday, alleging that he gave misleading testimony to Congress and repeatedly bowed to pressure from the White House to avoid regulating greenhouse gases. California Sen. Barbara Boxer, who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and three…
CommonDreams.org by Dave Lindorff The dramatic hearing on presidential crimes and abuses of power held on Friday by the House Judiciary Committee was both a staged farce, and at the same time, a powerful demonstration of the power of a grassroots movement in defense of the Constitution. It was at once both testimony to the…
therawstory The House Judiciary Committee has voted 20-14 to approve a contempt of Congress resolution against former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove for his failure to appear after a Congressional subpoena. Excerpts from the markup memo of the resolution sent to reporters follows. Rove was overseas at the time of the hearing…
