Pelosi---scared of 'divisions'--and is holding up House vote on WH contempt charges.

[rodeodance]

December 04, 2007
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Leahy sets Thursday vote for contempt resolutions against Rove, Bolten


Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has scheduled a committee vote Thursday on contempt resolutions against White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former presidential political guru Karl Rove for failing to respond to subpoenas.

Under Judiciary Committee rules, the vote could be postponed for a week, but Leahy said he intends to move the criminal contempt resolutions as soon as possible. Last week, he rejected the White House's executive privilege claim in preventing Rove and Bolten from appearing before his panel, calling it "overbroad, unsubstantiated.......



http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/1207/Leahy_sets_Thursday_vote_for_contempt_resolutions_against_Rove_Bolten.html


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Bush has also blocked Bolten and former White House counsel Harriett Miers from testifying before the House Judiciary Committee. The House panel has voted out criminal contempt resolutions against both of them, but Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), concerned about divisions within her party over the issue, has yet to set a date for a floor vote.

If either chamber were to approve contempt resolutions, it would likely trigger a lengthy court fight over the extent of executive privilege and how far the president can go in preventing senior aides from appeared before congressional committees.

[DCKit]

1. Stop screwing around Nancy, STFU and do your job. n/t

[formercia]

2. "divisions"

What's the matter Nancy, afraid to show your true colors?

[shadowknows69]

3. Our new speaker is an enabler in the classic sense

We've been sold out folks.

[H2O Man]

4. The divisions

already exist. Nancy is just taking the administration's side.

[sendero]

5. Exactly..

... these folks have been pissing in our faces (Reps in Congress) for 6 years and now now Nancy wants to make nice. I honestly don't get it.

Divisions? The Republicans have been dividing for 27 years. Enough already.

[Javaman]

18. There is no explaining an enablers logic. nt

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

6. Do you have a better source for this...

...than a citation-free comment on fuckwit's Politico blog?

[annabanana]

7. Nancy's contact page

http://speaker.house.gov/contact/

[notadmblnd]

8. and she thinks holding it up isn't going to be devisive?

[Echo In Light]

12. From her perspective, and the interests she's beholden to, it's clearly the lesser of evils.SHAME

[rjones2818]

9. Nancy Peolosi on doing anything to upset Dick and W:

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[LeftyFingerPop]

10. She is useless, and congress is useless.

If they were serious, they would have found a way to quickly, legally, and efficiently remove all of this corrupt administration, and it would have been done by now.

There is a reason this has not been done. I have no idea what the real reason is, but there is a reason, and it will never be done.

For those of you who think we can make a difference by contacting Nancy, forget it. Nothing will be done. Ever.

[truedelphi]

15. Sadly your words ring true n/t

[mmonk]

11. She's creating many divisions

and real damage in her derelection IMO.

[cascadiance]

13. Pelosi, stop continuing this nightmare for the nation!... Do your JOB!

[truedelphi]

16. Love this version of "The HAndmaid's Tale" Thanks for posting n/t

[ladjf]

14. Mrs, Pelosi, please either lead, follow or get the Hell out of the way.

[Javaman]

17. So in another thread earlier this morning...

I said I had become jaded and that nothing will come of this vote.

Then someone responded that basically said I have to keep the faith.

Well, here we are now. color me jaded and my faith is on the wain.

In good conscious I can no longer support pelosi. Until she shows me that she has a spine, I will just watch by the side lines as she allows this nation to slowly sink to it's death.

I think it's time I pen yet another useless and unanswered letter to her office.

I have real issues with writing that letter, since I'm into conserving our natural resources, I don't want to waste the paper and the ink on her, but what the hell.

[Kucinich4America]

19. Scared of divisions, Nancy? I'm not. I welcome them.

I want to know EXACTLY who every traitor is who willlingly enables these war criminals.

And then I want them the fuck out of my Democratic party. :grr:

[Ghost in the Machine]

20. Nancy Pelosi is a spineless, useless sack of shit. She's an enabler for the Bush/Cheney criminal

junta. I'm sick of seeing supposed democrats sticking up for this piece of shit and trying to defend her. I hope someone hands her her ass in the next election. Is there any strong Democrats that are mulling over running for her seat? If so, we need to back that person 100%, IMHO.

[Cha]

21. Isn't nancy just

scared. Period. End of story.

[lovuian]

22. You know they got rid of Gephardt

nancy better watch it than can get rid of her

[Disturbed]

23. Pelosi should resign so that she can spend more time with

her family.