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Home Front: Politix
El Lay Times: Democrats are set to subpoena
2006-11-10
The new majority is expected to hold hearings on military spending and the Iraq war -- just for starters.
Rep. Ike Skelton knows what he will do in one of his first acts as chairman of the Armed Services Committee in the Democratic-led House: resurrect the subcommittee on oversight and investigations.

The panel was disbanded by the Republicans after they won control of Congress in 1994. Now, Skelton (D-Mo.) intends to use it as a forum to probe Pentagon spending and the Bush administration's conduct of the Iraq war.
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#5  I wonder if the trend will continue of private individuals blowing off congressional subpoenas?

That is, congress has long refused to cite anyone for contempt who tells them they don't want to testify. So when Henry Waxman decides to have some political theater, Halliburton and whoever just sends a "no thank you" on their RSVP.

And there's not a damn thing Waxman can do about it, unless the entire House votes for contempt, and that can take prohibitive amounts of time. It's not a simple resolution. And even with such a vote, it just sends the matter to a federal prosecutor, who quite likely will decide not to prosecute.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2006-11-10 09:11  

#4  Oh, and the more of this crap they do, the less time they can spend on legislation.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2006-11-10 09:03  

#3  The Repubs should play the bribery videotape of Alcee Hastings at every committee meeting and hearing.
Posted by: ed   2006-11-10 08:36  

#2  All I gotta say is GO FOR IT!!!

Run a circus up on the Hill. Make all the dire faces you want.

Just gonna make it that much easier to take control back in 2008.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2006-11-10 08:10  

#1  it's easier to be the out-of-power party, bitching and carping about every detail, than it is to actually have to, like, deliver. Ask Hamas
Posted by: Frank G   2006-11-10 07:00  

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