14 Aug
August 12, 2008
By Jason Leopold and Alan Breslauer
The Public Record
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s appearance Wednesday at a West Los Angeles college to discuss her recently published book was marred by dozens of protestors and several angry outbursts by audience members who demanded Pelosi immediately authorize a House committee to hold impeachment hearings against […]
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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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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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28 Jun
It’s Time for Genuine Accountability
June 23, 2008
by Robert Wexler
The testimony of Scott McClellan this past Friday in the House Judiciary Committee marked an important step forward for Congress in the battle to fully expose the crimes of the Bush/Cheney administration and finally hold this White House accountable for its appalling actions that have weakened […]
Posted in media, Rove/Miers/Bolton, Dick Cheney, Condoleeza Rice, war crimes, George W Bush, 9/11, neocon coup, felonies, articles of impeachment, Lewis Libby, propaganda, Iraq, House Judiciary Committee, Constitution, torture, domestic spying, Bush Administration, Valerie Plame, high crimes, Scott McClellan, Joseph Wilson, FISA, Supreme Court, contempt of Congress by: emiwest
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