DU lets make this a priority ask that John Ashcroft be charged with. . .

[wndycty]

. . .CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS!

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Senator Joseph Biden, a Delaware Democrat, challenged Ashcroft to say whether he was invoking executive privilege in refusing to give Congress the Justice Department memos. Ashcroft said he wasn't invoking executive privilege.

``You might be in contempt of Congress, then,'' Biden replied. ``You have to have a reason. You better come up with a good rationale.''
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http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aynk7_r_cQik&refer=us

Please write the following people calling that John Ashcroft be charged with CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS:

United States Senate
Committee on the Judiciary
224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Orin Hatch
Washington DC Office
104 Hart Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
http://hatch.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Offices.Contact

Patrick Leahy
433 Russell Senate Office Bldg
(at Constitution and Delaware)
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
[phone]
http://leahy.senate.gov/contact.html

Edward M. Kennedy
317 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
202/224-4543 FAX: [phone]
[email protected]

Joe Biden
201 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[email protected]

Dick Durbin
Washington, DC
332 Dirksen Senate
Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
http://durbin.senate.gov/sitepages/contact.htm

PLEASE NOTE: I have only included the Chairman, the ranking member and the 3 Senators who brought up the whole CONTEMPT issue.