Archive for the 'congressional investigations' Category
05 Aug
August 4, 2008
By David Swanson
Last week two judges encouraged me to look to courts to help us recover from the damage done by an outlaw executive and a spineless corrupt legislature. The first was Bush-appointed federal Judge John Bates who ruled that people must comply with Congressional subpoenas even if they used to work for […]
Posted in media, massachusetts, H Res 799, crimes, Rove/Miers/Bolton, Dick Cheney, war crimes, George W Bush, neocon coup, articles of impeachment, H Res 1258, peace, corporate media, H Res 333, high crimes, Supreme Court, dissent, congressional investigations, H.Res. 1345, international rule of law, international criminal court by: emiwest
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02 Aug
July 31, 2008
TheRealNews.com
The House Judiciary Committee has voted to hold Karl Rove in contempt of Congress after repeated efforts to get him to testify under oath. Now the decision to take the matter to the House floor for vote lies with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Posted in crimes, Rove/Miers/Bolton, fascism, neocon coup, House Judiciary Committee, Nancy Pelosi, corporate media, Supreme Court, contempt of Congress, democracy, Congress, congressional investigations by: emiwest
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27 Jul
July 25, 2008
By Keith Perine
Appearing at an acrimonious committee hearing spurred by his efforts to begin a House impeachment inquiry, Ohio Democratic Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich said President Bush should be held accountable for leading the nation into an unwarranted invasion of Iraq.
Posted in protests, H Res 799, Dick Cheney, George W Bush, 9/11, articles of impeachment, Iraq, H Res 1258, House Judiciary Committee, Dennis Kucinich, John Conyers, Constitution, domestic spying, H Res 333, Senate sickness, high crimes, "war on terror", civil liberties, November 2006, First Amendment, dissent, Congress, accountability, "imperial presidency", congressional investigations, Liz Holtzman/Rocky Anderson/John Dean, H.Res. 1345, Cindy Sheehan, Zoe Lofgren, Osama bin Laden, Afghanistan by: emiwest
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25 Jul
July 25, 2008
by John Nichols
As the House Judiciary Committee took up the question of how best to address what its chairman described as “the Imperial Presidency of George W. Bush,” it was the ranking Republican in the room, Iowa Congressman Steve King, who observed that, “We are here having impeachment hearings before the Judiciary Committee.”
Posted in H Res 799, crimes, Rove/Miers/Bolton, Iran, Dick Cheney, Rumsfeld, war crimes, George W Bush, felonies, articles of impeachment, Lewis Libby, WMD, Iraq, House Judiciary Committee, Dennis Kucinich, John Conyers, Constitution, Robert Wexler, Bush Administration, Valerie Plame, high crimes, Joseph Wilson, FISA, Russ Feingold, contempt of Congress, Military Commissions Act, civil liberties, November 2006, secrecy, democracy, Founding Fathers, Tammy Baldwin, Congress, "imperial presidency", congressional investigations, habeas corpus, Liz Holtzman/Rocky Anderson/John Dean, H.Res. 1345 by: emiwest
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18 Jul
July 18, 2008
By Jason Leopold
Rebuffing Dennis Kucinich’s calls for impeachment hearings on George W. Bush, the House Judiciary Committee instead will hear testimony about Bush’s “imperial presidency” and several of his administration’s scandals.
Posted in Dick Cheney, war crimes, articles of impeachment, Iraq, House Judiciary Committee, Nancy Pelosi, John Conyers, torture, Bush Administration, Valerie Plame, "war on terror", "imperial presidency", congressional investigations, Ashcroft by: emiwest
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