The Bush administration has taken historically unprecedented steps in its assertions of executive privilege and authority. For instance, the Vice President has fought over relatively modest requests to disclose information such as with whom he consulted when setting the Administration's energy policy. The Vice President's office, during a confrontation with...

I've been in the minority in Congress for the last 12 years, having been elected the only freshman Democrat west of the Rockies in 1994. I am so pleased that Nancy Pelosi has asked House Democrats to elect Jack Murtha as our new majority leader.

As the senior...