{"id":767,"date":"2007-03-21T09:21:30","date_gmt":"2007-03-21T15:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=767"},"modified":"2017-06-06T04:50:39","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T10:50:39","slug":"house-oks-subpoenas-for-top-bush-aides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/03\/house-oks-subpoenas-for-top-bush-aides\/","title":{"rendered":"House OKs subpoenas for top Bush aides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/16attorneys_6001.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/16attorneys_600.thumbnail1.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer<\/p>\n<p>A House panel on Wednesday approved subpoenas for <span class=\"yqlink\">President Bush<\/span>&#8216;s political adviser, Karl Rove and other top White House aides, setting up a constitutional showdown over the firings of eight federal prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>By voice vote, the House Judiciary subcommittee on commercial and administrative law decided to compel the president&#8217;s top aides to testify publicly and under oath about their roles in the firings.<\/p>\n<p>The White House has refused to budge in the controversy, standing by embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and insisting that the firings were appropriate. 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