WASHINGTON (Reuters)– The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to hold two top aides to President Bush in contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate in its probe of fired federal prosecutors.
Just the Judiciary Committe, but it will force their hand and make them respond, every bit of pressure helps!
Update 10:32 PST — Magnifico
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted for a contempt citation against Karl Rove and Josh Bolten on Thursday, the latest move in an inquiry into possibly politically motivated firings of federal prosecutors.
The 12-7 vote sent the citation against the two to the full Senate…
The Senate Judiciary Committee vote means that contempt citations against Bush administration officials await floor action in both chambers of Congress.
It’s not clear they will advance any further.
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refused to testify, didn’t even show up, right? I can’t see how either chamber can allow that conduct. We’ll see.
And it’s permissible to post it here? 🙂
Voting in favor: All 10 Democrats (Leahy, Kennedy, Biden, Kohl, Feinstein, Feingold, Schumer, Cardin, Whitehouse) and 2 Republicans (Specter and Grassley)
Voting against: 7 Republicans: Hatch, Kyl, Sessions, Graham, Cornyn, Brownback and Coburn
AP is saying it is unlikely to go anywhere because:
Kagro X thinks Congress needs to dust off “Inherent Contempt” and I agree. Why dance around with this lawless administration? The Dems should use the big guns and their dry powder.
on these issues. Hoping we’ll here from Armando here also.