House Judiciary now authorized to issue subpoenas

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The Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law voted to authorize the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee to issue subpoenas to D. Kyle Sampson, Karl Rove, Harriet Miers, William Kelley, Scott Jennings.

Conyers can do it now if he needs to - woot.

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1. K&R

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2. The pressure's on now

Do they want to go there voluntarily or have Conyers haul them up to the table? "Cuz Conyers is not backing down on this.

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3. What was the vote?

Did the repukes on the committee vote for subpoenas too?

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4. At least two did not

But it was done by voice vote, so I'm not sure how that is recorded.

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5. Update - info on House Judiciary website

http://judiciary.house.gov/newscenter.aspx?A=789
Judiciary Subcommittee Authorizes Chairman Conyers to Issue Subpoenas in US Attorney Investigation

(Washington, DC)- Today, the House Judiciary Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee (CAL) voted to authorize the full committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) to issue subpoenas for current and former White House and Justice Department officials Karl Rove, Harriet Miers, William Kelley, Scott Jennings and Kyle Sampson, as well as documents that the Committee has not yet received.

"The White House's offer provides nothing more than conversations. It does not allow this Committee to get the information we need without transcripts or oaths," Conyers said. "This motion allows the Committee to pursue good faith negotiations. We are continuing our talks with the White House, along with the Senate, but we must protect the interest of the Congress and the American people by maintaining the option to move forward with our investigation with or without continued cooperation from the Administration."

"We have worked toward voluntary cooperation, but we have to prepare for the possibilty that the White House will continue to hide the truth," said CAL Subcommittee Chairwoman Linda Sánchez. "This Congress respects White House prerogatives as a safeguard for the internal deliberations on the legitimate creation of policy, but they are not a 'get out of jail free' card. There must be accountability."

The motion authorizes the Chairman to issue subpoenas at his discretion for the officials to appear before the Committee relating to the ongoing investigation. It also authorizes Conyers to subpoena additional documents relating to the issue - specifically, unredacted documents that have not previously been provided.

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Nice - he can now subpoena more documents as well.
Go Conyers.