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White House Rebuffs Congressional Subpoenas Despite Federal Court Ruling

AP | JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Planning appeals, White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet Miers asked a judge on Thursday t...

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Judge: White House Aides Can Be Subpoenaed

AP | MATT APUZZO | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Bush's top advisers are not immune from congressional subpoenas, a federal judge ruled Thursday in a long-running dispute...

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White House Subpoena Battle Hits Courts

AP | MATT APUZZO | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Congress was trying to be diplomatic when it brought an unprecedented lawsuit to settle its subpoena fight against the White House,...

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House Panel Sues White House Officials

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 03.10.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee sued former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten on Monday,...

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Clinton, Obama: A Modest Proposal in Lieu of a Badly Wrecked Train

Marshall Grossman | Posted 03.05.2008 | Politics

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Hillary, Barack: this cannot continue to be about you. One of you is going to have to take one for the team, and it has to be soon.

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Nancy Pelosi Requests Grand Jury Into Contempt For Miers, Bolten

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked the Justice Department on Thursday to open a grand jury investigation into whether President Bush'...

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Dems Delay Miers Contempt Vote To Address Economic Crisis

Politico | John Bresnahan | Posted 01.23.2008 | Politics

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House Democrats will postpone votes on criminal contempt citations against White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten and former White House counsel Har...

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Senate Committee Approves Contempt Resolutions Against Rove, Bolten

AP | Posted 12.13.2007 | Politics

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The Senate Judiciary Committee voted for a contempt citation against presidential confidants Karl Rove and Josh Bolten on Thursday, the latest move in...

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This is the Time For Lawyers to Speak

Naomi Wolf | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics

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The need for leadership from lawyers in this country has never been greater. From wiretapping to torture to extraordinary rendition, the Bush administration has ignored and disrespected our Constitution and our laws.

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Arlen Specter Single-Handedly Blocks Contempt Vote Against Rove, Bolten

Politico | John Bresnahan | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics

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A Senate Judiciary Committee vote on contempt resolutions against Karl Rove and White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten were postponed following an obj...

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Congress Must Call Bush's Bluff and Enforce All Subpoenas

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.30.2007 | Politics

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If President George W. Bush continues to duck Congressional subpoenas against his current and former staff members he should be impeached.

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My Video Chat with John Conyers

Arianna Huffington | Posted 09.27.2007 | Politics

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John Conyers has become the point man on some of today's most contentious upcoming political battles -- so I thought he would be the perfect person to inaugurate our new Video Chat feature.

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Bush Chief Of Staff: Troop Presence In Iraq Likely To Last Beyond 2009

USA Today | Posted 09.06.2007 | Politics

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President Bush will address the nation next week about Iraq and U.S. efforts to get that country "well on the path" to stability by the end of his ter...

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"Executive Privilege" Alert: White House Planning Major Effort to Confuse Americans Yet Again

Jackson Williams | Posted 07.28.2007 | Politics

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If Miers didn't want to self-incriminate, she could have pleaded the Fifth to the questions from Congress. That's the right of every American. Ignoring a subpoena is not.

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