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\"bolten_budg.jpg\"<\/a>by Robert Schmidt
\nJuly 19 (Bloomberg) — House Democrats, escalating a battle with the White House, took the first step in seeking to hold President George W. Bush’s chief of staff in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena requesting documents on the firing of eight U.S. prosecutors.<\/p>\n

Voting 7-3 along party lines, a House Judiciary subcommittee approved a resolution rejecting executive privilege claims made by Joshua Bolten in refusing to turn over e-mails and memos on the firings. The panel adopted a similar measure last week after ex-White House Counsel Harriet Miers declined to testify about the dismissals.<\/p>\n

Bolten was subpoenaed in June because as chief of staff he is the custodian of the White House’s records. The next step for the panel would be to vote on a contempt resolution. If that is adopted by the full House, the U.S. attorney in Washington, a Bush appointee, would be asked to pursue a prosecution.<\/p>\n

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